patch+clumsily
31Winters, Shelley — (1922– ) Shelley Winters was born Shirley Schrift in 1922 in St. Louis, Missouri, but was raised in Brooklyn, New York. She began her acting career early, in high school plays and in summer stock, before making her debut on the Great White Way …
32Bodger — worthless person; inferior; false; second rate (as a name, receipt, etc.) (obsolete British bodge to patch or mend clumsily) …
33bodger — Australian Slang worthless person; inferior; false; second rate (as a name, receipt, etc.) (obsolete British bodge to patch or mend clumsily) …
34cobble — I cob•ble [[t]ˈkɒb əl[/t]] v. t. bled, bling 1) to mend (shoes, boots, etc.); patch 2) to put together roughly or clumsily • Etymology: 1490–1500; appar. back formation from cobbler II cob•ble [[t]ˈkɒb əl[/t]] n. v. bled, bling 1) pet a… …
35bodger — /ˈbɒdʒə/ (say bojuh) Obsolete –noun 1. a person who has assumed an alias or who is in some way acting under false pretences. 2. an alias. 3. British a person who makes a mess of something, especially an incompetent tradesman. –adjective 4.… …
36cobble — cobble1 [käb′əl] vt. cobbled, cobbling [ME < cobelere, cobbler] 1. to mend or patch (shoes, etc.) 2. to make or compose hastily or clumsily; improvise: often with up cobble2 [käb′əl] n. [prob. < COB] …
37botch — v. & n. (also bodge) v.tr. 1 bungle; do badly. 2 patch or repair clumsily. n. bungled or spoilt work (made a botch of it). Derivatives: botcher n. Etymology: ME: orig. unkn …
38patched — adjective 1. mended usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch (Freq. 1) patched jeans • Similar to: ↑old 2. having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture) a field patched with ice and snow the wall had a spotty… …
39clamper — I. ˈklampər transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: freq. of clamp (II) now chiefly Scotland : to patch together especially clumsily or hastily I can clamper up the story J.G.Lockhart II. nou …
40botch´er — botch1 «boch», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to spoil by poor work; bungle. 2. to repair clumsily or imperfectly. –n. 1. a poor piece of work. 2. a clumsy patch. ╂[Middle English bocchen; origin uncertain] –botch´er, no …
