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bodgie

[boj-ee]

noun

Australian.

  1. a juvenile delinquent; youthful troublemaker.

bodgie

/ ˈbɒdʒɪ /

noun

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

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adjective

  1. inferior; worthless

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bodgie1

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

Origin of bodgie1

C20: from bodge
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Example Sentences

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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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