Botchwork

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Inferior and shoddy work. informal, uncountable

    "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."

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From botch + work.

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