bauchle

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of bauchle¹

C18: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

Scotch and connected with bauchle; but cf.

From Project Gutenberg

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.”

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

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

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He hasna a bauchle to swear by.

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