Don’t ask dictionary.com, Winslow. It doesn’t acknowledge that “batten” is a noun, in addition to being a verb.
And I believe that the noun came first. E.g., the expression “batten down the hatches” would refer to using battens (narrow boards) to secure the closed cargo hatches on a ship.
ibFrank 12 months ago
Don’t worry nobody will lie this time.
The dude from FL Premium Member 12 months ago
Don’t drop the soap!
Funny_Ha_Ha 12 months ago
A strip of wood used for beating sense into voters.
Al Fresco 12 months ago
More vitriol from both sides. Turn off the TV, take two antacids, and call me after election day.
Durak Premium Member 12 months ago
A batten is what will protect the ship of state from the crapfest storm that is Trump.
CarrollJr 12 months ago
Hopefully tRump’s vitriolic hate speech will muzzled in the slammer.
Spacetech 12 months ago
It’s a Verb..
RobinHood 12 months ago
And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating
“’Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door—
RobinHood 12 months ago
Fate whispers to the candidate, " You’ll never survive the coming storm." The candidate replied, “I am the coming storm.”
rossevrymn 12 months ago
The over and under for Beavis and Butthead’s age pieces before the election is 400.
gammaguy 12 months ago
“What’s a ‘batten’?”
Don’t ask dictionary.com, Winslow. It doesn’t acknowledge that “batten” is a noun, in addition to being a verb.
And I believe that the noun came first. E.g., the expression “batten down the hatches” would refer to using battens (narrow boards) to secure the closed cargo hatches on a ship.