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botch

n.
US //ˈbɑtʃ// UK //bˈɒtʃ// botch Archaic
Synonyms
Etymology 1

From Middle English bocchen (“to mend”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old English bōtettan (“to improve; cure; remedy; repair”), related to boot, or from Middle Dutch botsen, butsen, boetsen (“to repair; patch”), related to beat. Doublet of bodge.

Etymology 2

From Middle English botche, from Anglo-Norman boche, from Late Latin bocia (“boss”).

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