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cock-up

 noun
     
cock-up [countable] British English spoken informal
something that has been spoiled by someone's stupid mistake or by being done badly:
He's made a monumental cock-up of his first assignment.
cock-up over
There's been a cock-up over the tickets for the football on Saturday.
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