Our business being, yo' understand, to take the bated' wage, and be thankful, and their business to bate us down to clemming point, to swell their profits.
A legend grew up around him, which he fostered sedulously, and it was reported that he had secret vices which could only be whispered with bated breath.
With bated breath and crouching figures they stumbled across it, and gained the shelter of the hedge, which they skirted until they came to the gap which opened into the cornfield.