Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work. · A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner. · A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing. · A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; a conglomeration; hodgepodge.
To perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner; to make a mess of something. · To do (something) without care or skill, or clumsily. · To mend or repair (something) clumsily.
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.
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