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battle
noun- in a betting operation, the eternal plus-and-minus relationship between bettors and the betting operation AUSTRALIA
- One might ask a colleague, “How’s the battle?” The answer might be, “Surviving–just.” — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 5, 1989
- an unattractive woman US
- — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, New York Confidential, p. 235, 1948
▶ on the battle
working as a prostitute AUSTRALIA- She tells me how she useter be on the battle, and then she seen the light. — Lawson Glassop, We Were The Rats, p. 146, 1944
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