batch = to live as a bachelor

[Amy West]

Spotted this in an image that a FB Friend shared. It's from an old comic
book; I don't know if the link will work or not; I'm waiting on hearing
the publication name and year

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151602689130501&set=a.123802975500.217153.897570500&type=1&theater

It's in HDAS, but not in OED. In the HDAS entry it notes that it's often
constructed with "it", but here's an instance where it's with "together":

full-page comics ad for Lifebuoy soap. Pertinent line:

Maybe there's a simple explanation, old chap -- when we batched together
you were a Lifebuoy user -- remember?

---Amy West

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