Botchwork
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 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
More examples"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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