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Definition of Baseball bat

1. Noun. An implement used in baseball by the batter.

Definition of Baseball bat

1. Noun. A device, typically wood, metal, or plastic, which is swung to try to make contact with baseballs. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Baseball Bat

Literary usage of Baseball bat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Modern Eloquence by Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh (1900)
"Then when he becomes an old man he does not care in the least for a baseball bat—he wants rest, and a snug fireside, and a newspaper every day. ..."

2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"It's the privilege of your rank, but for me a little looser motions and a heavier armament," and I picks up what looks like a baseball bat, but a little ..."

3. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"Benny propped himself up against the cave wall with a blanket around his shoulders and the baseball bat held loose and ready between his knees. ..."

4. Guatemala's Forgotten Children: Police Violence and Abuses in Detention by Lee Tucker, Human Rights Watch/Americas (1997)
"... baseball bat," "aluminum baseball bat," "broomstick," "firewood," "isolation room," "broken finger," and "broken ribs." The use of physical punishment ..."

5. Addresses to Women Engaged in Church Work by Henry Codman Potter (1898)
"What I want now is a baseball bat." Then when he becomes an old man, he does not care in the least for a baseball bat; he wants rest, and a snug fireside ..."

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