"potchky" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: potchkies [present, singular, third-person], potchkying [participle, present], potchkied [participle, past], potchkied [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish פּאַטשקען (patshken, “to daub, smear”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|yi|פּאַטשקען||to daub, smear}} Yiddish פּאַטשקען (patshken, “to daub, smear”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} potchky (third-person singular simple present potchkies, present participle potchkying, simple past and past participle potchkied)
  1. to work in an amateur fashion for little gain
    Sense id: en-potchky-en-verb-FGkxNm2r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. to tinker
    Sense id: en-potchky-en-verb-0yCBSrJ~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 68

Inflected forms

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