2. Verb. (third-person singular of botch) ¹
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Definition of Botches
1. botch [v] - See also: botch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Botches
Literary usage of Botches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden: Now First by John Dryden, Edmond Malone (1800)
"... notorious botches, I am much deceived, though the French translator thinks
otherwise. For my own part, I am rather of the opinion that they were added ..."
2. History of Labour in the United States by John Rogers Commons, Don Divance Lescohier, Elizabeth Brandeis (1918)
"The "botches," 82. Sylvia' view, B2. Limitation of numbers, 82. Policies of the
national trade unions, 83. Regulation of apprenticeship in the printer's ..."
3. Tree Planting on Streets and Highways by William Freeman Fox (1903)
"... which conveys the wet to the very matrix and heart, deforming the whole tree
with many ugly botches which shortens its life and utterly mars the timber. ..."
4. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1902)
"The leaves of Aster or Inguinalis stamped and supplied unto botches, ...
Likewise [good] for botches that happen in the ..."