bodgie

American

[boj-ee] / ˈbɒdʒ i /

noun

Australian.

a juvenile delinquent; youthful troublemaker.

bodgie British

/ ˈbɒdʒɪ /

noun

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

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adjective

inferior; worthless

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Etymology

Origin of bodgie

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

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