botcher

Example Sentences

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One of the most effective hucksters on eastern TV is a bashful botcher who muffs his lines, meanders off-camera, even mumbles his apologies for intruding on TViewers' time.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was a remarkable man, though a mere botcher at his trade; for he could never manage to make his customers’ clothes fit their bodies.

From Saved from the Sea The Loss of the Viper, and her Crew's Saharan Adventures by Riou, Edouard

His humble trade as a botcher does not allow a fixed tariff, and he is all alone as he vindicates the value of his work.

From Light by Wray, Fitzwater

The drive master’s haste indicated that she had been betrayed by the sullen botcher of methods.

From Joan of Arc of the North Woods by Day, Holman

That was when the barracks was building, and one day a bit of a newspaper blowed over from the officers' quarters, and 2001 came on it, and the botcher picked it up.

From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Caine, Hall, Sir