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Definition of Bat boy
1. Noun. (baseball) a boy who takes care of bats and other baseball equipment.
Generic synonyms: Assistant, Help, Helper, Supporter, Boy, Male Child
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bat Boy
Literary usage of Bat boy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Making of a Big Leaguer by Gilbert Patten, Burt L. Standish (1915)
""Who've I got to put in—the bat boy? Kerr and Hepple are both sick, and Beef's away.
... "I don't care whether you use your bat boy or one of your pitchers, ..."
2. York Plays: The Plays Performed by the Crafts Or Mysteries of York on the by Lucy Toulmin Smith (1885)
"Yf bei presente you bat boy in a bande boune. »g Anna. Why syr ? and is ber a
boy bat will noght ..."
3. A Manual of Elementary Instruction: For the Use of Public and Private by Edward Austin Sheldon, M. E. M. Jones, Hermann Krüsi (1872)
"C. It looks like a hook. T. (to an active-looking but idle little boy). Now,
little boy, I am quite sure you can tell me something about this bat. Boy. ..."
4. Aino Folk-tales by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1888)
"The bat boy. In a certain village there lived a very rich couple ; but they were
childless. They were very anxious for a child. ..."
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