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Meaning
Verb
●
In British English & Irish English:
To do a
clumsy
or
inelegant
job, usually as a
temporary
repair
;
mend
,
patch up
,
repair
.
●
To work
green wood
using
traditional
country methods; to
perform
the
craft
of a bodger.
Noun
●
A
clumsy
or
inelegant
job, usually a
temporary
repair
; a
patch
, a
repair
.
●
The water in which a
smith
would
quench
items
heated
in a forge.
●
A
four-wheeled
handcart
used for
transporting
goods
. Also, a
homemade
go-cart.
Adj
●
In Northern Irish English:
Insane, off the rails.
Sourced from
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Origin
bodge
English
bocchen
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
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Rhymes
Rog
Kwaj
Bodge
Lodge
Dodge
Codge
Prodge
Stodge
Splodge
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