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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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BATTER, n.², in phr. on the batter, “on the spree.”Mry.(D) 1897 J. Mackinnon Braefoot Sketches viii.:
He'd been on the batter that time for the feck o' a fortnicht.Bnff. 1866 Gregor D.Bnff. 216:
He's been o' the batter a' the oock.m.Sc. 1892 A. Rodger Stray Leaves 168:
Ae nicht when on the batter.Rxb.(D) 1927 E. C. Smith Braid Haaick 9:
“On the batter” = “on the spree.”