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bats

/bæts/ adjective A2
  1. Mad, insane. (informal) · You must be bats to go out in the cold without a coat on.
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The swoop of bats in the darkness over her was as the wings of unearthly creatures.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 166 · C1
Put dead bats on my head!
The Jungle Book, p. 40 · B2
I have told the bats to watch through the dark time.
The Jungle Book, p. 46 · B2
But do cats eat bats, I wonder?” And here Alice began to get rather sleepy, and went on saying to herself, in a dreamy sort of way, “Do cats eat bats?
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 4 · B2

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