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▪ I. bach, n.1|bætʃ|
[Shortened f. bachelor 4 a.]
1. U.S. slang. A bachelor; old bach, a confirmed bachelor. Also phr. to keep bach for earlier to keep bachelor's hall (cf. hall n. 11) = bach v.
1855Knickerbocker XLV. 158 The President was an ‘old bach.’ of some sixty-five summers. 1857W. Chandless Visit Salt Lake ii. vi. 236 Mormons look upon a ‘bach’ with great suspicion..because they consider all men should marry. 1878I. L. Bird Lady's Life Rocky Mts. (1879) ix. 157 A cabin..where two brothers and ‘a hired man’ were ‘keeping bach’. 1883E. Eggleston Hoosier School-Boy xvi. 106 Don't you know..any place where we could keep ‘bach’ together? 1904W. N. Harben Georgians 188, I..thought now was the time fer me, old bach' that I am, to..show them ladies I'd been about.
2. N.Z. Also batch.
a. A makeshift hut, usu. one in which a man living alone fends for himself.
b. Now esp. a small house at the seaside or at a holiday resort.
1927J. Devanny Old Savage 100 Bob knocked up a bunk in Fletcher's bach. 1938F. S. Anthony in D. M. Davin N.Z. Short Stories (1953) 218, I don't wonder he comes over to my batch so often—he does get a little decent cleanliness there. 1940F. Sargeson Man & Wife (1944) 29 There were a few holiday baches but they were empty now that it was well on into the autumn. 1957J. Frame Owls do Cry vi. 26 The Withers haven't a week-end bach. 1957I. A. Gordon in N.Z. Listener 22 Nov. 4/3 From being a mere shed, the bach has become a place at the seaside, and today many a bach has a refrigerator and wall-to-wall carpets.
▪ II. ‖ bach, n.3|bax|
[W., lit. ‘little’.]
A term of endearment common in Wales and the border counties, freq. following a personal name: dear, little one, friend.
1889A. J. Ellis On Early Eng. Pronunc. V. 363 Won't the old fellow learn her not to do it again, the bach! 1916C. Evans Capel Sion iii. 40 ‘A wanton bitch you are.’ ‘Dennis bach, don't say!’ 1927R. Davies Withered Root ii. v. 97 Now Philip bach, don't think and talk so much. Let Reuben read you some book or something. 1936H. Vaughan Harvest Home i. viii. 53 ‘Are you hurted terrible bad, Ifor bach?’ she asked, stooping over the child. 1955J. Bingham Paton Street Case ii. 42 What is the matter, Dai, bach? Why do you shiver in this weather? 1961E. Williams George vi. 75 Look in your book, Georgie bach. 1971‘A. Burgess’ MF xiv. 160 How different your voice sounds tonight, bach. 1986R. W. Jones Saving Grace i. 10 No shortage of cash there, bach.
▪ III. bach, v. N. Amer., Austral., and N.Z. colloq.|bætʃ|
Also batch.
[f. bach n.1]
intr. Usu. of a man: to live as a bachelor; to live alone and do one's own cooking and housekeeping. Also with it. a. N. Amer.
1870Repub. Daily Jrnl. (Lawrence, Kans.) 29 Jan. (D.A.), They ‘bach’. 1878I. L. Bird Lady's Life Rocky Mts. (1879) ix. 156 The men don't like ‘baching’, as it is called in the wilds—i.e. ‘doing for themselves’. 1888Century Mag. Jan. 412/2 He had always ‘bached it’ (lived as a bachelor). 1898Lett. fr. Canada vii. in Times 22 Nov. 6/1 ‘To batch’ upon the prairies represents perhaps the minimum of pleasure in existence. 1927P. H. Pearson Prairie Vikings 13 For two years they ‘bached’ as huntsmen along the creek banks.
b. Australasian.
1898R. Radclyffe Wealth & Wild Cats viii. 71, I had a happy time at Yalgoo, ‘batching’ with the son of a well-known brewer and M.P. 1900H. Lawson Over Sliprails 45, I hurried home to the tent—I was batching with a carpenter. 1905C. Clyde Pagan's Love ii. 26 You would live in a cheap lodging-house or batch with another girl. 1930Bulletin (Sydney) 19 Feb. 23/1, I allus reckoned that I'd be a-batchin' all me days. 1938F. S. Anthony Me & Gus ix. 53 He batched in a tin shanty for years. 1952J. Cleary Sundowners iv. 272 Where's the rest of the household? Are you batching? 1952R. Finlayson Schooner came to Atia x. 56 If you're prepared to bach on your own. |