(uncountable) The state of being bothered; annoyance, vexation.
1803, William Blake, Letter to his brother James Blake dated 30 January, 1803, in The Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David V. Erdman, New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1970, p. 696,
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(countable) An act of bothering or annoying.
: I write in great haste & with a head full of botheration about various projected works [...]
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(countable) A person or thing that causes bother, inconvenience, trouble, etc.
[...] I am determined to be peevish after my long day's botheration.
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