The following account of a criminal class, calling themselves Batturajas or Battu Turakas, was published in the Police Weekly Circular, Madras, in 1881.
These leaf plates can be recognised by experts, but all that these experts can learn from them is that Battu Turakas have been in the neighbourhood recently.
Oiseau Il a battu les buissons, un autre a pris l’oiseau = He did the work and another had the profit.
Battre Il lui a battu froid = He gave him the cold shoulder.
Autant vaut bien battuque mal battu = As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb; In for a penny, in for a pound.
Flanc Il s’est battu les flancs pour rien = He gave himself all that trouble for nothing.
Mary-le-bone a battu Nottingham par 5 wickets; Lancashire a battu Leichester; Sussex a battu Warrick.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "battu" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
