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bodgy; bodgie
adjective- false, counterfeit, phoney, sham AUSTRALIA, 1944
Appearing simultaneously with the synonymous “bodger”, these terms must derive from British dialect bodge (to make or mend clumsily or poorly), a variant of “botch”. Recorded earliest in prison and underworld use it perhaps referred originally to a poorly done quota of work that prisoners had to submit daily. Ted Hartley, writing in 1944, notes that wide use of term is resulting in its becoming a general term to denote “bad”. - I just stuck a bodgie blister on his windscreen. — Sam Weller, Old Bastards I Have Met, p. 116, 1979
- On one occasion a Sydney horse called Simba was taken to Melbourne and entered under a “bodgie” name. — Joe Andersen, Winners Can Laugh, p. 175, 1982
- [T]he trainer followed the storyline by claiming him for a bodgy bet. — Clive Galea, Slipper, p. 65, 1988
- poorly made or executed; worthless, hopeless AUSTRALIA, 1944
- [H]is head already felt like a bodgy lab experiment. — Linda Jaivin, Rock n Roll Babes from Outer Space, p. 144, 1996
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