bodger

/ ˈbɒdʒə /

adjective

1. informal.
   worthless or second-rate
2. a labourer who traditionally lived and worked in the forest, making chairs from felling trees

Word History and Origins

Origin of bodger¹

C20: from bodge

Example Sentences

This is the sin of the usurer, the bodger, and the tyrannous landlord, and of this bad trinity the last is the worst.

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The bullet had perforated a large circular orifice in Honble Bodger's hat, who, by this time, had returned to self-consciousness!

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Me and Uncle Eli has clubbed together to buy Bodger's racing tips.

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Bodger's Street was already alive with the anticipation of the coming week's festivities.

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Mr. Bodger has the second; it is of beautiful design, but dilapidated.

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