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
This tremendous gallimaufry or hotch potch, produced, as some suppose, an intolerable stench, and impregnated the waters with salt, sulphur, and bitumen.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old
Michael and Potch had seen nothing but a few shards of potch and colour for months.
From The Black Opal by Prichard, Katharine Susannah
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 Prichard, Katharine Susannah
"That's a nice bit of colour, Michael," he said, admiring a small piece of grey potch with a black strain which flashed needling rays of green and gold.
From The Black Opal by Prichard, Katharine Susannah
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