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单词 botcheress
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botcheressn.

Forms: see botcher n.1 and -ess suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: botcher n.1, -ess suffix1.
Etymology: < botcher n.1 + -ess suffix1.
Obsolete. rare.
A woman who mends or repairs things; a female botcher (botcher n.1 2b). Also figurative.
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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).
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