bauchle

British  

/ ˈbɒxəl /

noun

1. an old worn shoe

2. a worthless or clumsy person

3. a useless object

4. a trout-fisher's term for a perch 2

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Etymology

Origin of bauchle

C18: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

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.”

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

“You maun hae made an awfu’ bauchle of it.

From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart

You expects me to come and save you money and the like of that old bauchle eating up the profits.

From The Drone A Play in Three Acts by Mayne, Rutherford

And ye need nae tell me: it's better than war; which is the next best, however, though generally rather a bauchle of a business.

From David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona by Stevenson, Robert Louis

And ye needna tell me: it’s better than war; which is the next best, however, though generally rather a bauchle of a business.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis