bodge

Etymology 1
, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from, , (🇨🇬), related to 🇨🇬, See ; or perhaps from ,. Compare. More at.

Perhaps from

Perhaps from. 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, as similarly to the behaviour of a badger, the bodger dwelt in the woodss and seldom emerged until evenings.

Other hypotheses include, a trade that uses similar tools), and similar Scandinavian words, such the . These words have similar origins to , as in . 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.

The Oxford English Dictionary Supplement of 1972 has two definitions for bodger. 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

 * 1)  To do a clumsy or inelegant job, usually as a temporary repair; mend, patch up, repair.
 * 2) To work green wood using traditional country methods; to perform the craft of a bodger.
 * 1) To work green wood using traditional country methods; to perform the craft of a bodger.
 * 1) To work green wood using traditional country methods; to perform the craft of a bodger.
 * 1) To work green wood using traditional country methods; to perform the craft of a bodger.
 * 1) To work green wood using traditional country methods; to perform the craft of a bodger.
 * 1) To work green wood using traditional country methods; to perform the craft of a bodger.

Noun

 * 1) A clumsy or inelegant job, usually a temporary repair; a patch, a repair.

Noun

 * 1)  The water in which a smith would quench items heated in a forge.
 * 2)  A four-wheeled handcart used for transporting goods. Also, a homemade go-cart.

Adjective

 * 1)  Insane, off the rails.