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Mr. Tom Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Batten: to grow at the expense of another

Hi

This morning I bumped into the word batten (in a newspaper article) meaning to grow prosperous especially at the expense of another.

I want to know if native speakers use this word with this meaning in their spoken/written English.

Thanks,

Tom
  

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I've never heard or seen the word being used in that way before (I live in the UK) d

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