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Middle English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman boche.
Noun
botche
- botch, a case or outbreak of boils or sores.
c. 1382–1395, John Wycliffe [et al.], edited by Josiah Forshall and Frederic Madden, The Holy Bible, , volume II, Oxford: At the University Press, published 1850, →OCLC, Job II:7, page 675, column 2:Therfor Sathan ȝede out fro the face of the Lord, and smoot Joob with `a ful wickid botche fro the sole of the foot `til to his top;- Therefore Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with awful boils from the sole of his foot to the top of his head;
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