You see," the boy went on hurriedly, as though fearful lest his courage might fail him before he got the whole thing off his mind, "we'd tried to smoke you out and made a botch of the trick; and I even pushed Bluff over into the lake this afternoon, to get him a duckin', 'cause the temptation was too great

I see, I see, 'tis counsel given in vain; For treason botched in rhyme will be thy bane ....

Sure he was never more than a botch at his best.

I have seen twilights that these men of paint would botch on canvas.