PATCHERY


Meaning of PATCHERY in English

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

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.