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Old money batters! (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pounds

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'old money batters' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with contact as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'money batters' is the wordplay.
'money' becomes 'pound' (I've seen this before).
'batters' becomes 's' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'pound'+'s'='POUNDS'

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for pounds that I've seen before include "Imperial units of weight" , "Strikes; money" , "Sterling units of money or weights" , "Enclosures for dogs and cars" , "Sterling units or imperial weights" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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