bauchle
Britishnoun
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an old worn shoe
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a worthless or clumsy person
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a useless object
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a trout-fisher's term for a perch 2
Etymology
Origin of bauchle
C18: of unknown origin
Example Sentences
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Scotch and connected with bauchle; but cf.
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But it sticks in my mind that ye’ll have made some kind of bauchle; and if I was you, I would have a try at her again.”
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And ye needna tell me: it’s better than war; which is the next best, however, though generally rather a bauchle of a business.
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“You maun hae made an awfu’ bauchle of it.
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He hasna a bauchle to swear by.
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