batten
verb (used without object)
to thrive by feeding; grow fat.
battener
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a word derived from
batten.
Example Sentences
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Know then, O battener upon our ill-requited skill, how it has come to our knowledge that one who is not of our Brotherhood moves among us and performs an equal task for a less reward.
From Kai Lung's Golden Hours by Ernest Bramah
I am “the smiler with the knife,” The battener upon garbage, I— Dear Heaven, with such a rancid life Were it not better far to die?
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
