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botchers

botchers is the plural of botcher.

Meaning of botcher

Noun

botcher (plural botchers)

  1. (obsolete) A person who mends things, especially such a cobbler or tailor.
    • Two faults, madonna, that drink and good counsel will amend: for give the dry fool drink, then is the fool not dry; bid the dishonest man mend himself: if he mend, he is no longer dishonest; if he cannot, let the botcher mend him.1602, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
  2. (obsolete) chairmaker
  3. A clumsy or incompetent worker; a bungler.
    • Dilettanteism presupposes art as botchwork does handicraft; and the Dilettante holds the same relation to the artist that the botcher does to the craftsman.1874, The Quarterly Review, volume 137, page 388
  4. A young salmon; a grilse.

Questions about botchers

What is botchers the plural of?
Botchers is the plural of botcher.

Words near botchers in the dictionary

  1. botched up
  2. botchedly
  3. botcher
  4. botcheries
  5. botcherly
  6. botchers
  7. botchery
  8. botches
  9. botches up
  10. botchier
  11. botchiest

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