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bodgery

noun

Etymology

From bodge + -ery.

  1. borrowed from bødker
  2. borrowed from Böttcher — “cooper (profession)”
  3. inherited from bōtian
  4. inherited from bōtettan
  5. derived from botsen
  6. inherited from bocchen
  7. suffixed as bodgery — “bodge + ery”

Definitions

  1. Clumsy or inelegant work.

    • […] deploying the deceits of 'facadism' (ashlar stone exterior layer with lath and plaster interiors) hiding the most terrible bodgery of poor brickwork, […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA