colloq. [f. as prec. + -MENT.] = BOTHER sb. 2.
1821. J. F. Cooper, Spy (1822), I. x. 285–6 (Stratm.). ’Twould be a botherment to a living soul to lose so much money.
1854. Blackw. Mag., LXXV. 11. They had abundant botherments upon the road.
1855. Whitby Gloss., Botherments, troubles, difficulties.
