Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

battle-twig

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

Syllables: bat-tle-twig
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

British usage

Example Sentences

"An' the wool of a thistle a-flyin' an' seeädin' tha haäted to see; 'Twur as bad as a battle-twig 'ere i' my oän blue chaumber to me."
"1929 D. H. Lawrence, Up He Goes! (from Pansies) in The Complete Poems, page 553 https://books.google.com/books?id=dHB_YjKlyIgC&lpg=PA66&dq=%22battle-twig%22&pg=PA66#v=onepage&q=%22battle-twig%22&f=false There isn't a damn thing in 'em, They're as empty as empty tins; they haven't the spunk of a battle-twig, an' all they can think of is sins."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

battle-twigs (plural)

Questions

What does battle-twig mean?: An earwig

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