Meaning of Botcher | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person who mends things, especially such a cobbler or tailor.
   obsolete
2. chairmaker
   obsolete
3. A clumsy or incompetent worker; a bungler.
4. A young salmon; a grilse.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“Dilettanteism presupposes art as botchwork does handicraft; and the Dilettante holds the same relation to the artist that the botcher does to the craftsman.”

“"What you mean, comparing me to them botchers and bunglers? There ain't anybody but me in the furniture restoring line."”

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