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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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CATTERBATCH, n. In baking: a botch, failure.Abd. 1930 (per Fif.¹⁰):
They hae made a fair catterbatch o' the pancakes.

[The first element may be the same as in Catterbatter,n. and v. For the second, cf. Eng. batch and botch.]

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