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ˈbat-ˌfowler
[f. prec. + -er1.]
1. One who practises bat-fowling.
c1440Promp. Parv. 26 Battfowlere, aucubaculator. 1530Palsgr. 197/1 Batfouler, a taker of byrdes, pipevr. 1770G. White Hist. Selborne xxvii. 78 The bat-fowlers..take many red-wings in the hedges.
†2. slang. A swindler, a sharper who makes victims of the simple or credulous. Obs.
1602Rowlands Greene's Cony-catchers 16 Gentlemen Bat⁓fowlers in comparison of the common rablement of Cut⁓purses and pickpockets. |