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bodgie

American  
[boj-ee] / ˈbɒdʒ i /

noun

Australian.

  1. a juvenile delinquent; youthful troublemaker.

bodgie British  
/ ˈbɒdʒɪ /

noun

  1. an unruly or uncouth young man, esp in the 1950s; teddy boy

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adjective

  1. inferior; worthless

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Etymology

Origin of bodgie

1950–55; perhaps dial. (Yorkshire) bodge clumsy worker ( botch 1 ) + -ie; compare bodger inferior, worthless

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"Any boss who sacks a worker for not turning up today is a bum," the Silver Bodgie exuberantly declared.

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