bat wings
n.pl.— «You don’t want someone to grab the backs of your arms and come up with bat wings.» —“Arm Yourself For Glamour” by Lisa Garcia Roanoke Times & World News (Va.) Sept. 17, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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