I. -ch(ə)rē noun
( -es )
Etymology: patch (II) + -ery
: the act of patching : clumsy or hasty repairing or making : patchwork
a thin sample of poetic patchery — A.C.Swinburne
II. noun
( -es )
Etymology: patch (III) + -ery
obsolete : roguery , knavery