bat girl

noun

: a girl or woman employed to look after the equipment (such as bats) of a baseball team

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The league listened and adjusted accordingly, implementing more stringent performance rules for bat boys and bat girls, whose hustle could now play into potential violations. Chelsea Janes, Scott Allen and Ben Strauss, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Mar. 2023 Suzanne was a bat girl. John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2021

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First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bat girl was in 1937

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“Bat girl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bat%20girl. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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