botcheryn.

Brit.

/ˈbɒtʃəri/, U.S.

/ˈbɑtʃəri/

Forms: 1600s botcherie, 1600s– botchery.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: botcher n.¹, -ery suffix.

Etymology: < botcher n.¹: see -ery suffix. With sense 1 compare earlier botch n.², botching n.², bodgery n.

1. Poor or clumsy workmanship. Also as a count noun: something produced by a botcher (botcher n.¹ 1); a mess; a shambles.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working > clumsy or bungled work

bodge1589

bodgery1592

Paul's work1602

botchery1608

by-work1615

botch1648

hob-job1857

spoil1892

botch-up1915

hack job1918

bodge job1924

bodge-up1959

bodge-up job1994

1608 tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders xxvi. 235 If we speake of base botchery [Fr. mechaniquerie], were it a comely thing to see a great Lord or a King weare sleeues of two parishes?

1674 R. Godfrey Var. Injuries in Physick To Rdr. sig. A5^v I fell on the study of Chymistry..so that I, who alwayes hated Botchery, might have real Art.

1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) I. 292 A Parcel of sorry Urns, or Vases, which disgrace this fine Piece, and make it a mere Botchery.

1780 T. Sheridan Gen. Dict. Eng. Lang. II Patchery, botchery, bungling work.

1836 Q. Rev. Sept. 264 A skilful and honest surgeon, called in..to remedy the previous botchery of an ignorant quack.

1856 G. M. Dallas Let. 20 Apr. in Series of Lett. from London (1869) 23 This peace is..in truth a botchery and a sham.

1921 Sat. Westm. Gaz. 26 Feb. 8/2 This is simply futile botchery, neither a literal translation nor a general equivalent.

1973 Times 18 Aug. 10/5 I'm not making a case for botchery. Who doesn't grind his teeth when someone says ‘disinterested’ when he means ‘uninterested’?

2012 T. Fitton Corruption Chrons. iii. 82 We actually ended up paying the legal bills of the executives who led that botchery.

†2. Perhaps: an instance of acting as a deceitful or corrupt intermediary (in extended use in quot. 1624). Cf. botcher n.¹ 3. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > business affairs > [noun] > a business transaction > which sacrifices public interest > perpetration of

botchery1624

jobbing1693

job work1731

jobbery1769

jobmongering1901

1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? iii. 35 All Protestants giue due respect to such diuine authority... Hee that refuseth those manifold botcheries, and brokerages of your Romish church,..doth not streight transgresse this Apostolicall direction.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	botchery
释义	botcheryn. Brit. /ˈbɒtʃəri/, U.S. /ˈbɑtʃəri/ Forms: 1600s botcherie, 1600s– botchery. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: botcher n.¹, -ery suffix. Etymology: < botcher n.¹: see -ery suffix. With sense 1 compare earlier botch n.², botching n.², bodgery n. 1. Poor or clumsy workmanship. Also as a count noun: something produced by a botcher (botcher n.¹ 1); a mess; a shambles. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working > clumsy or bungled work bodge1589 bodgery1592 Paul's work1602 botchery1608 by-work1615 botch1648 hob-job1857 spoil1892 botch-up1915 hack job1918 bodge job1924 bodge-up1959 bodge-up job1994 1608 tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders xxvi. 235 If we speake of base botchery [Fr. mechaniquerie], were it a comely thing to see a great Lord or a King weare sleeues of two parishes? 1674 R. Godfrey Var. Injuries in Physick To Rdr. sig. A5^v I fell on the study of Chymistry..so that I, who alwayes hated Botchery, might have real Art. 1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) I. 292 A Parcel of sorry Urns, or Vases, which disgrace this fine Piece, and make it a mere Botchery. 1780 T. Sheridan Gen. Dict. Eng. Lang. II Patchery, botchery, bungling work. 1836 Q. Rev. Sept. 264 A skilful and honest surgeon, called in..to remedy the previous botchery of an ignorant quack. 1856 G. M. Dallas Let. 20 Apr. in Series of Lett. from London (1869) 23 This peace is..in truth a botchery and a sham. 1921 Sat. Westm. Gaz. 26 Feb. 8/2 This is simply futile botchery, neither a literal translation nor a general equivalent. 1973 Times 18 Aug. 10/5 I'm not making a case for botchery. Who doesn't grind his teeth when someone says ‘disinterested’ when he means ‘uninterested’? 2012 T. Fitton Corruption Chrons. iii. 82 We actually ended up paying the legal bills of the executives who led that botchery. †2. Perhaps: an instance of acting as a deceitful or corrupt intermediary (in extended use in quot. 1624). Cf. botcher n.¹ 3. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > business affairs > [noun] > a business transaction > which sacrifices public interest > perpetration of botchery1624 jobbing1693 job work1731 jobbery1769 jobmongering1901 1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? iii. 35 All Protestants giue due respect to such diuine authority... Hee that refuseth those manifold botcheries, and brokerages of your Romish church,..doth not streight transgresse this Apostolicall direction. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1608
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