a gossipy or bad-tempered
old woman.
a gossipy or mean
old woman.
n. an unattractive or repulsive
old woman, especially one who is unpleasant, gossipy and mean. The
word bat originally (eighteenth century or earlier) referred to a prostitute, especially one that solicited
customers on the streets at night (so-called from their practice of appearing at evening dusk as
bats do).