"batsicle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: batsicles [plural]
Etymology: bat + -sicle Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bat|sicle}} bat + -sicle Head templates: {{en-noun}} batsicle (plural batsicles)
  1. (informal, humorous) A cold or frozen bat. Tags: humorous, informal Categories (lifeform): Bats

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2017, \"Strange but True!\", Xplor, January/February 2017, page 17",
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