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- noun Plural form of
beater .
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Examples
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He pointed out that he pays $12,000 in auto insurance premiums annually for four cars - including two "beaters" - even though he said he lives in "a decent neighborhood in northwest Detroit."
Market News 2009
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There are also 'sword beaters' which are shorter than the average sword, and thought to be used in weaving, though there is rising debate about this.
Role of women in historical fiction - Anglo-Saxon England Carla 2006
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Shading eyes against the glare, they peered up toward, the head of the gorge where the beaters were a line of dari specks against the green spring grass.
The Sound of Thunder Smith, Wilbur, 1933- 1966
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With the beaters were the keeper, who is also head woodman, and two assistant woodmen.
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The show is about husband-beaters, which is naturally fascinating-many of them are surprisingly petite, far smaller than their patient, sad, slightly ashamed husbands.
Guernica Magazine 2010
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Under beat up, it would be less far-fetched to recall the beaters who flush grouse, pheasant, partridge, quail, and other game birds than the Africans who rouse beasts for white hunters.
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Taking one consideration with another, then, it is not surprising that the first warning cry of "Woodcock over!" from the beaters should be the signal for a sharp and somewhat erratic fusillade along the line, a salvo which the beaters themselves usually honour by crouching out of harm's way, since they know from experience that even ordinarily cool and collected shots are sometimes apt to be fired with a sudden zeal to shoot the little bird, which may cost one of them his eyesight.
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Your squad mate was aware of his status and anxious to do better than any of you "beaters" he was shooting against.
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Your squad mate was aware of his status and anxious to do better than any of you "beaters" he was shooting against.
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Apparently, Hershberg and the C-J are more than willing to serve as "beaters" to assist those hunting their great white rhino.
Archive 2005-08-07 Randy Smith 2005
Logophile77 commented on the word beaters
Beaters means an old pair of shoes used for everyday wear, which are in poor condition. Similar to beater as in the car (see also: jalopy), except it’s shoes.
November 3, 2017