From en.wiktionary.org:
['Bodge]
** English
[2015] [Bodging]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
[en], of uncertain origin. Perhaps from [en], [dum], [dum] ([nl]), related to
[goh], See [en]; or perhaps from [en], [en]. Compare [en]. More at [en].
Perhaps from [en].[1]
Perhaps from [en]. There is a hypothesis that _bodges_, defined as rough
sacks of corn, closely resembled packages of finished goods the bodgers
carried when they left the forest or workshop. Another hypothesis (dating
from 1879) is that _bodger_ was a corruption of [en], as similarly to the
behaviour of a badger, the bodger dwelt in the woods and seldom emerged until
evenings.[2]
Other hypotheses include [en], a trade that uses similar tools), and similar
Scandinavian words, such the [en]. These words have similar origins to [en],
as in [en]. Or possibly it may have been a derogatory term used by workers in
furniture factories, referring to the men who worked in the woods that
produced the “incomplete” chair parts. The factory workers would then take
the output of that "bodged job" and turn it into a finished product.[3]
The Oxford English Dictionary Supplement of 1972 has two definitions for
bodger.[4] One is a local dialect word from Buckinghamshire, for a chair leg
turner. The other is Australian slang for bad workmanship. The etymology of
the bodger and botcher (poor workmanship) are well recorded from Shakespeare
onwards, and now the two terms are synonymous.
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To do a clumsy or inelegant job, usually as a temporary repair; mend , patch up, repair .
2. * [I]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
5. * [en]
6. To work green wood using traditional country methods; to perform the craft of a bodger .
7. * [en]
8. * [en]
9. * [en]
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Translations
[do a clumsy or inelegant job]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A clumsy or inelegant job, usually a temporary repair; a patch , a repair .
2. * [en]
***** Derived terms
- [en]
***** Translations
[clumsy or inelegant job]
**** Related terms
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 2
[en]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] The water in which a smith would quench items heated in a forge .
2. [en] A four-wheeled handcart used for transporting goods. _Also_ , a homemade go-cart .
**** Adjective
[en-adj]
1. [en] Insane , off the rails .
*** References
References:
[1]. [bodge] .
[2]. .[first=Robert ]
[3]. [author=Wycombe Museum]
[4]. [author=Robert Burchfield]
*** Anagrams
- [en]