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botchery|ˈbɒtʃərɪ|
[f. botcher1: see -ery.]
A botcher's work; clumsy or awkward workmanship or its result; patchwork.
1608World of Wonders 235 (L.) If we speak of base botchery. 1674R. Godfrey Inj. & Ab. Physic Pref., I, who always hated Botchery, might have real Art. 1732De Foe, etc. Tour Gt. Brit. (1769) I. 277 Disgrace this fine Piece, and make it mere Botchery. 1880Webb tr. Goethe's Faust Prel. 10 Your pretty masters, with their botchery.
b. ? Jobbery: cf. botcher1 2 c.
1624Bp. R. Montagu Gagg 35 Those manifold botcheries, and brokerages of your Romish church. |