[f. BOTCHER1: see -ERY.] A botcher’s work; clumsy or awkward workmanship or its result; patchwork.

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1607.  R. C[arew], trans. Estienne’s World of Wonders, 235 (L.). If we speak of base botchery, [etc.].

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1674.  R. Godfrey, Inj. & Ab. Physic, Pref. I, who always hated Botchery, might have real Art.

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1732.  De Foe, etc., Tour Gt. Brit. (1769), I. 277. Disgrace this fine Piece, and make it mere Botchery.

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1880.  Webb, trans. Goethe’s Faust, Prel. 10. Your pretty masters, with their botchery.

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  b.  ? Jobbery: cf. BOTCHER1 2 c.

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1624.  Bp. Mountagu, Gagg, 35. Those manifold botcheries, and brokerages of your Romish church.

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