potch
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of potch
C20: of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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Books like this are always a hotch-potch, but here the potch is well and truly hotched.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 26, 2012
George leaned his pick against the wall, eager, too, about the chances of what the thread of fire glittering in the black potch would lead to.
From The Black Opal by Katharine Susannah Prichard
I hung on to the best stone in the lot—clear brown potch with good flame in it—hopin' it would give me a clue some day to the man who'd done that trick on me.
From The Black Opal by Katharine Susannah Prichard
Look at the fire, there in the black potch!...
From The Black Opal by Katharine Susannah Prichard
Paul was holding up a good-looking knobby so that red, green, and gold lights glittered through its shining potch as he moved it.
From The Black Opal by Katharine Susannah Prichard
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