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Noun [English]

IPA: /bɒt͡ʃ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bɑt͡ʃ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-botch.ogg Forms: botches [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒtʃ Etymology: From Middle English bocchen (“to mend”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old English bōtettan (“to improve; cure; remedy; repair”), related to boot, or from Middle Dutch botsen, butsen, boetsen (“to repair; patch”), related to beat. Doublet of bodge. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bocchen||to mend}} Middle English bocchen (“to mend”), {{inh|en|ang|bōtettan||to improve; cure; remedy; repair}} Old English bōtettan (“to improve; cure; remedy; repair”), {{der|en|dum|botsen}} Middle Dutch botsen, {{doublet|en|bodge}} Doublet of bodge Head templates: {{en-noun}} botch (plural botches)
  1. An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work. Tags: transitive Translations (An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly): нескопосана работа (neskoposana rabota) (Bulgarian), bunyol [masculine] (Catalan), fuŝaĵo (Esperanto), bidouillage [masculine] (French), chafallada [feminine] (Galician), Pfusch [masculine] (German), Murks [colloquial, masculine] (German), kontármunka (Hungarian), fusermunka (Hungarian), praiseach [feminine] (Irish), prácás [masculine] (Irish), pasticcio (Italian), pastrocchio [masculine] (Italian), guazzabuglio [masculine] (Italian), partanina [feminine] (Polish), chałtura [feminine] (Polish), fuszerka [feminine] (Polish), amatorszczyzna [feminine] (Polish), gambiarra [feminine] (Portuguese), халту́ра (xaltúra) [feminine] (Russian), mpracchiu [masculine] (Sicilian), aciu [masculine] (Sicilian), chapucería [feminine] (Spanish), pifia (Spanish), churro [colloquial, masculine] (Spanish), traed moch [masculine] (Welsh) Translations (a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle): fuŝaĵo (Esperanto), Pfusch [masculine] (German), kontármunka (Hungarian), fusermunka (Hungarian), fuszerka [feminine] (Polish), nepodarok (Slovak), chapuza [feminine] (Spanish)
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  2. A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner. Tags: transitive
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  3. A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing. Tags: transitive Translations (a mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing): fuŝaĵo (Esperanto), kwiatek [animate, masculine] (Polish), wielbłąd [animate, masculine] (Polish), pifia (Spanish)
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  4. A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; a conglomeration; hodgepodge. Tags: transitive
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  5. (archaic) One who makes a mess of something. Tags: archaic, transitive Synonyms: bungler
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: botch job, botch-up Related terms: bodge, foul up, mess up, screw up
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /bɒt͡ʃ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bɑt͡ʃ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-botch.ogg Forms: botches [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒtʃ Etymology: From Middle English botche, from Anglo-Norman boche, from Late Latin bocia (“boss”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|botche}} Middle English botche, {{der|en|xno|boche}} Anglo-Norman boche, {{der|en|la-lat|bocia||boss}} Late Latin bocia (“boss”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} botch (plural botches)
  1. (obsolete) A tumour or other malignant swelling. Tags: obsolete, transitive
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  2. A case or outbreak of boils or sores. Tags: transitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /bɒt͡ʃ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bɑt͡ʃ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-botch.ogg Forms: botches [present, singular, third-person], botching [participle, present], botched [participle, past], botched [past]
Rhymes: -ɒtʃ Etymology: From Middle English bocchen (“to mend”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old English bōtettan (“to improve; cure; remedy; repair”), related to boot, or from Middle Dutch botsen, butsen, boetsen (“to repair; patch”), related to beat. Doublet of bodge. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bocchen||to mend}} Middle English bocchen (“to mend”), {{inh|en|ang|bōtettan||to improve; cure; remedy; repair}} Old English bōtettan (“to improve; cure; remedy; repair”), {{der|en|dum|botsen}} Middle Dutch botsen, {{doublet|en|bodge}} Doublet of bodge Head templates: {{en-verb}} botch (third-person singular simple present botches, present participle botching, simple past and past participle botched), {{tlb|en|transitive}} (transitive)
  1. To perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner; to make a mess of something. Tags: transitive Translations (to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner): извършвам нескопосано (izvǎršvam neskoposano) (Bulgarian), potinejar (Catalan), verprutsen (Dutch), fuŝi (Esperanto), tunaroida (Finnish), saccager (French), rater (French), bâcler (French), verderben (German), verpfuschen [colloquial] (German), vermasseln [slang] (German), vermurksen [colloquial] (German), vergeigen [colloquial] (German), verbocken [colloquial] (German), verpatzen (english: on stage) (German), elfuserál (Hungarian), elront (Hungarian), elszúr (Hungarian), elgányol (Hungarian), praiseach a dhéanamh de (Irish), malfare (Italian), raffazzonare (Italian), pasticciare (Italian), rovinare (Italian), abborracciare (Italian), bôtchi (Norman), partaczyć [imperfective] (Polish), spartaczyć [perfective] (Polish), partolić [imperfective] (Polish), spartolić [perfective] (Polish), fuszerować [imperfective] (Polish), sfuszerować [perfective] (Polish), knocić [imperfective] (Polish), sknocić [perfective] (Polish), arruinar (Portuguese), fușeri (Romanian), запоро́ть (zaporótʹ) [perfective] (Russian), запа́рывать (zapáryvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), испо́ртить (ispórtitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), упропа́стити [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), upropástiti [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), mpracchiari (Sicilian), rattiḍḍijari (Sicilian), zbabrať (Slovak), desbarrar (Spanish), chapucear (Spanish), chambonear (Spanish), cawlio (Welsh), poitsio (Welsh)
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  2. To do (something) without care or skill, or clumsily. Tags: transitive Translations (to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily): скърпвам (skǎrpvam) (Bulgarian), fušovat (Czech), fuŝi (Esperanto), tunaroida (Finnish), bâcler (French), rater (French), pfuschen (German), stümpern (German), schlampen (German), schludern (German), murksen (German), kontárkodik (Hungarian), fuserál (Hungarian), gányol (Hungarian), raffazzonare (Italian), rabberciare (Italian), bôtchi (Norman), slurve (Norwegian Bokmål), atrapalhar-se (Portuguese), накосячить (nakosjačitʹ) (Russian), сфушерити [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), sfušeriti [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), mpracchiari (Sicilian), rattiḍḍijari (Sicilian), desbarrar (Spanish), chapucear (Spanish), chambonear (Spanish)
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  3. To mend or repair (something) clumsily. Tags: transitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blotch, botcher, botchery, botch up, botchwork, botchy
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "word": "bungle"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "crab"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:spoil",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "blight"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:spoil",
          "word": "bumble"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:spoil",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:spoil",
          "tags": [
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          "source": "Thesaurus:spoil",
          "word": "disrupt"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:spoil",
          "tags": [
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          "source": "Thesaurus:spoil",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
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          "word": "mar"
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        {
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          "word": "mess up"
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          "word": "mishandle"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:spoil",
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          "word": "mommick"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:spoil",
          "word": "put a crimp in"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:spoil",
          "word": "sour"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:spoil",
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          "word": "upset"
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          "word": "turn upside down"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:spoil",
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          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "izvǎršvam neskoposano",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
          "word": "извършвам нескопосано"
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          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
          "word": "potinejar"
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          "word": "verprutsen"
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          "word": "fuŝi"
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          "word": "tunaroida"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
          "word": "saccager"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
          "word": "rater"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "fr",
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          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
          "word": "bâcler"
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          "code": "de",
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          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
          "word": "verderben"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "verpfuschen"
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          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "vermasseln"
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          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
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          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "vermurksen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "vergeigen"
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          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
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          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
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          "word": "verbocken"
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          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "on stage",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
          "translation": "on stage",
          "word": "verpatzen"
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          "word": "elfuserál"
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          "word": "elszúr"
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          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
          "word": "elgányol"
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          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
          "word": "praiseach a dhéanamh de"
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          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
          "word": "malfare"
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          "code": "it",
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
          "word": "abborracciare"
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          "word": "bôtchi"
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          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "partaczyć"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "pl",
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          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
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          "tags": [
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          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "fuszerować"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "sfuszerować"
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          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "pl",
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          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "knocić"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "pl",
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          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "sknocić"
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          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
          "word": "arruinar"
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          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
          "word": "fușeri"
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          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "запоро́ть"
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          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "запа́рывать"
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          "lang_code": "ru",
          "roman": "ispórtitʹ",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "испо́ртить"
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          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
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          "lang_code": "scn",
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          "word": "mpracchiari"
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          "lang_code": "scn",
          "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
          "word": "rattiḍḍijari"
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          "word": "chambonear"
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          "word": "cawlio"
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      "word": "saccager"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "verderben"
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      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
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      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
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      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
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      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
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      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
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      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
      "word": "malfare"
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      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
      "word": "raffazzonare"
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      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
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      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "bôtchi"
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      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "partaczyć"
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      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
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      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
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      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
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      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pl",
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      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
      "word": "arruinar"
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      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
      "word": "fușeri"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "запа́рывать"
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      "roman": "ispórtitʹ",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "испо́ртить"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
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      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
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      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
      "word": "mpracchiari"
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      "lang_code": "scn",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
      "word": "rattiḍḍijari"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
      "word": "zbabrať"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
      "word": "desbarrar"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "cy",
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      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
      "word": "cawlio"
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    {
      "code": "cy",
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      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner",
      "word": "poitsio"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "skǎrpvam",
      "sense": "to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily",
      "word": "скърпвам"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily",
      "word": "fušovat"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily",
      "word": "tunaroida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily",
      "word": "bâcler"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily",
      "word": "rater"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily",
      "word": "pfuschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily",
      "word": "stümpern"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily",
      "word": "schlampen"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily",
      "word": "schludern"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily",
      "word": "murksen"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily",
      "word": "kontárkodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily",
      "word": "fuserál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily",
      "word": "gányol"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily",
      "word": "raffazzonare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily",
      "word": "rabberciare"
    },
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      "code": "nrf",
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      "lang_code": "nrf",
      "sense": "to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily",
      "word": "bôtchi"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily",
      "word": "slurve"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily",
      "word": "atrapalhar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "nakosjačitʹ",
      "sense": "to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily",
      "word": "накосячить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "сфушерити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "sfušeriti"
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    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "sense": "to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily",
      "word": "mpracchiari"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
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      "sense": "to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily",
      "word": "rattiḍḍijari"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily",
      "word": "desbarrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily",
      "word": "chapucear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily",
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    }
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}

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    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
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    "Terms with Norman translations",
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    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
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    "Terms with Sicilian translations",
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      "word": "botch job"
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      "word": "botch-up"
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        "4": "",
        "5": "to mend"
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          "text": "That I require a cleareneſſe; and with him; / To leaue no Rubs nor Botches in the Worke:",
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          "ref": "1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “Æsculapius to the Rescue”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume I, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 149:",
          "text": "If it was the last word I ever spoke, Puddock, you're a good natured—he 's a gentleman, sir—and it was all my own fault; he warned me, he did, again' swallyin' a dhrop of it—remember what I'm saying, Doctor—'twas I that done it; I was always a botch, Puddock, an' a fool; and—and—gentlemen—good-by.",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "neskoposana rabota",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "word": "нескопосана работа"
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      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bunyol"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "word": "fuŝaĵo"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bidouillage"
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      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "chafallada"
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      "code": "de",
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pfusch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "Murks"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "word": "kontármunka"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "word": "fusermunka"
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      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "praiseach"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prácás"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "word": "pasticcio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pastrocchio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guazzabuglio"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "partanina"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chałtura"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuszerka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amatorszczyzna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gambiarra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "xaltúra",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "халту́ра"
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      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mpracchiu"
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    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "aciu"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chapucería"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "word": "pifia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "churro"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "traed moch"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle",
      "word": "fuŝaĵo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pfusch"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle",
      "word": "kontármunka"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle",
      "word": "fusermunka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuszerka"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle",
      "word": "nepodarok"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chapuza"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "a mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing",
      "word": "fuŝaĵo"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "a mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "kwiatek"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "a mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "wielbłąd"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "a mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing",
      "word": "pifia"
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒtʃ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒtʃ/1 syllable"
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "3": "boche"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "2": "la-lat",
        "3": "bocia",
        "4": "",
        "5": "boss"
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      "name": "der"
    }
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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          "ref": "1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, line 1071:",
          "text": "Botches and blaines muſt all his fleſh imboſs,",
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        }
      ],
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        "A tumour or other malignant swelling."
      ],
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        ],
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          "swelling",
          "swelling"
        ]
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        "(obsolete) A tumour or other malignant swelling."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
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        "English terms with quotations"
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          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 28:27:",
          "text": "The Lord wil smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scabbe, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not bee healed.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A case or outbreak of boils or sores."
      ],
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          "boil"
        ],
        [
          "sore",
          "sore"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/bɒt͡ʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɑt͡ʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒtʃ"
    }
  ],
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}

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