patch·ery I. \-ch(ə)rē\noun (-es) Etymology:patch (II) + -ery : the act of patching : clumsy or hasty repairing or making : patchwork < a thin sample of poetic patchery — A.C.Swinburne > II. noun (-es) Etymology:patch (III) + -ery obsolete: roguery, knavery