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 Bot’anyBother, 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Botch.
 
A patch. Botch and patch are the same word; the older form was bodge, whence boggle. (Italian pezzo, pronounced patzo.)   1
 


 Bot’anyBother, 

 
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