potch

/ pɒtʃ /

noun

1. slang.
   inferior quality opal used in jewellery for mounting precious opals

Word History and Origins

Origin of potch¹

C20: of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

All these inconsistencies of theory follow from the assumption that the Iliad must be a hotch-potch of many ages.

From Project Gutenberg

Now here is a strange jumble and Hotch potch of Matters, if you mind it.

From Project Gutenberg

The old and the new mingled, forming a kind of a spiritual hotch-potch.

From Project Gutenberg

Then Potch would know what perhaps he ought to have known already.

From Project Gutenberg

"Potch doesn't seem to fancy sellin' at all for a bit," Michael said.

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