Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small billon coin worth four kreutzers (about three cents), first issued toward the end of the fifteenth century by the canton of Bern, and afterward by other Swiss cantons, which placed their respective arms upon it. The name came to be applied also to certain small German coins.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small copper coin, with a mixture of silver, formerly current in some parts of Germany and Switzerland. It was worth about four cents.
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- noun historical A small
copper coin , with a mixture ofsilver , formerly current in some parts ofGermany andSwitzerland .
Etymologies
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Examples
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A batz is a small Swiss coin, of the value of a fifth of a cent.
Rollo on the Rhine Jacob Abbott 1841
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By the shore is a rock of grotesque form, and opposite, about three miles from Roscoff, is the pretty island of Batz, which derives its name — Breton "batz," a stick — from the rod used by St. Pol de Léon to work his miracle.
Brittany & Its Byways Fanny Bury Palliser
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Organizin yoar penz an pensils ai batz dem aroun an dey fawlz intu pwayce
Sadly, this maeks meh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Kittehs bee makin de soun wen dey batz at deh chymes wif der wittlol pawz.
Could u - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Daddee, itz wuzzint mih hoo letted teh batz owt … HONNIST!
Basement Cat regrets having evil - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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OAR u can taek tehm owt 2 a feeld, beet um wif baseball batz and kik dem until dey asplode, ala Offis Spayse.
blue screen of death - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Oh hai, {{KCT}} **joins in tu bat shinee bawl round da haus, batz shinee bawl unner a soffa nd shredz bottim ub soffa in xcitemint** Pleez tu mek nudder shinee bawl?
Rare sighting #697 - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Moar Moar Moar *Rosie pause at teh liften partissipantz. batz cyoot liddl kitteh eyezlashus*
HAPPY CHAIR - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Iz late becoz I haz to sleep upside-downy like batz all nite, bein on da wong side of de whirled … but I jus had to stop by de party and wish Mary de hap-hap-happiesttail burfday ebah!
I no listen any moar - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Ai fosters teh goggies adn kitlets, but sum froot batz 2 foster wud be sew kul.
and then he says… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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