battner
English
Etymology
batten + -er; so called because beef is apt to batten or fatten those that eat it.
Noun
battner (plural battners)
- (slang, obsolete) An ox.
- The cove has hushed the battner; i.e. has killed the ox.
References
- Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Anagrams
- Barnett, Bratten