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battler
noun- a person who struggles to make a living; a person who “battles” AUSTRALIA, 1896
- Now if a mortar cops me when the shells are falling thick / I hope I’ll go where battlers go and meet old Ginger Mick. — Tip Kelaher, The Digger Hat and other verses, p. 17, 1942
- [L]ike most young jockeys, he was a battler. He would go anywhere and ride anything to make a dollar. — Roy Higgins and Tom Prior, The Jockey Who Laughed, p. 78, 1982
- Anyway, the Australian battler is the same everywhere, ironic, sceptical–and a loyal friend. — Frank Hardy, Hardy’s People, p. 64, 1986
- Ned Kelly was the first Australian battler. — Frank Hardy, Hardy’s People, p. 111, 1986
- Fearsome pious, she was. Pope on te wall, Mass at Saint Joey’s every Sunday. But a real battler. — Shane Maloney, Nice Try, p. 109, 1998
- a gambler who tries to make a living by gambling; a habitual punter who is always struggling; also, a struggling horse owner-trainer AUSTRALIA, 1895
- The only difference between a top trainer and a battler is a good horse. — James Holledge, The Great Australian Gamble, p. 25, 1966
- At a place called Dederang…there was an annual race meeting, the main event being the Dederang Handicap. One year a horse trained by a battler Andy Simpson won it. — Frank Hardy and Athol George Mulley, The Needy and the Greedy, p. 27, 1975
- a prostitute, especially a self-managed prostitute AUSTRALIA, 1898
- — Sidney J. Baker, Australia Speaks, 1953
- in horse racing, someone who is just barely making a living from the sport or from betting on the sport AUSTRALIA
- — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 5, 1989
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