bauchle

British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of bauchle

C18: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

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

From David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

You expects me to come and save you money and the like of that old bauchle eating up the profits.

From The Drone A Play in Three Acts by Mayne, Rutherford

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

From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart

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.”

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis