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Thread #40901   Message #587994
Posted By: Jon Freeman
07-Nov-01 - 11:05 PM
Thread Name: UK: Please explain 'bodger'
Subject: RE: UK: Please explain
Sorcha, that prompted me to get the dictionary out. From "The Chambers Dictionary":

bodge (colloq) variant of botch (vt and vi); (shakeps vi) prob varient of budge. n(colloq) a piece of poor or clumsy workmanship; a clumsy worker (also bodger).

The dictionary also gives Mark Clark's definition of "bodger" as a separate entry and notes [origin uncertain].

Jon