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bodging

The correct spelling is bodging.

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verb

Say it like: Bod-jin-g

The correct spelling is bodging. To do a clumsy or inelegant job, usually as a temporary repair; mend, patch up, repair. For example: "All the actions of his life are like so many things bodged in without any natural cadence or connexion at all. — (A book of characters, selected from the writings of Overbury, Earle, and Butler, Thomas Overbury and John Earle, 1865)"

Usage Examples

All the actions of his life are like so many things bodged in without any natural cadence or connexion at all. — (A book of characters, selected from the writings of Overbury, Earle, and Butler, Thomas Overbury and John Earle, 1865)

Meanings

verb

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

noun

  1. 1.Traditional craft of turning wood for chair legs, braces, etc.

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