"basement battler" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "A metaphor, likening the lower part of the sports table to the basement of a house.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "basement battlers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "basement battler (plural basement battlers)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham”, in BBC:",
          "text": "The Cottagers had previously gone eight games without a win and had slipped into the relegation zone over Christmas, with boss Hughes criticised by fans after their 3-1 home defeat by fellow basement battlers West Ham on Boxing Day.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A team in or around the relegation zone."
      ],
      "id": "en-basement_battler-en-noun-yuVVm3dP",
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "team",
          "team"
        ],
        [
          "relegation zone",
          "relegation zone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, sports) A team in or around the relegation zone."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "basement battler"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "A metaphor, likening the lower part of the sports table to the basement of a house.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "basement battlers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "basement battler (plural basement battlers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham”, in BBC:",
          "text": "The Cottagers had previously gone eight games without a win and had slipped into the relegation zone over Christmas, with boss Hughes criticised by fans after their 3-1 home defeat by fellow basement battlers West Ham on Boxing Day.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A team in or around the relegation zone."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "team",
          "team"
        ],
        [
          "relegation zone",
          "relegation zone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, sports) A team in or around the relegation zone."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "basement battler"
}