单词 | botcheress |
释义 | † botcheressn. Obsolete. rare. A woman who mends or repairs things; a female botcher (botcher n.1 2b). Also figurative. ΚΠ 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Lapster, A woman Patcher, or Botcheresse. 1846 T. Roscoe tr. J. C. L. de Sismondi Hist. Lit. Europe (ed. 2) II. xxv. 173 A botcheress of lost reputations [Fr. maîtresse dans l'art de..rendre l'honneur aux filles qui l'ont perdu]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1648 |
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