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botch-work

botch-work is the alternative form of botchwork.

Meaning of botchwork

Noun

botchwork (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Inferior and shoddy work.
    • Dilettanteism presupposes art as botchwork does handicraft; and the Dilettante holds the same relation to the artist that the botcher does to the craftsman. From handicraft the way is open to rise in art but not from botchwork.1874, The Quarterly Review, volume 137, page 388

Forms of botch-work

pluralbotch-works

Questions about botch-work

What is botch-work the alternative form of?
Botch-work is the alternative form of botchwork.

Words near botch-work in the dictionary

  1. botch job
  2. botch jobs
  3. botch up
  4. botch-up
  5. botch-ups
  6. botch-work
  7. botched
  8. botched job
  9. botched jobs
  10. botched up
  11. botchedly

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