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potch

British  
/ pɒtʃ /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

He was potch, poor opal, stuff of no particular value, without any fire.

From The Black Opal by Prichard, Katharine Susannah

"Potch," they would say, as his father used to, "a little bit of potch!"

From The Black Opal by Prichard, Katharine Susannah

Got two or three stones already—great stuff, lovely pattern, green and orange, and fire all through the black potch.

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