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bodgery

bodgery noun: clumsy or inelegant work.

Noun

bodgery (uncountable)

  1. Clumsy or inelegant work.
    • As Andrew, in particular, began to work on renovation and improvement, his talk about this began to be peppered with references to 'bodgery' — 'When I look at it, all I see is bodgery', he says recurrently, with a mixture of exclamation and despair.2007, Nicky Gregson, Living with Things: Ridding, Accommodation, Dwelling, page 48
    • […] deploying the deceits of 'facadism' (ashlar stone exterior layer with lath and plaster interiors) hiding the most terrible bodgery of poor brickwork, […]2015, Walter Nigel, Buildings for Mission, page 53

Origin of bodgery

From bodge + -ery.

Questions about bodgery

What does bodgery mean?
Bodgery means clumsy or inelegant work.
What part of speech is bodgery?
Bodgery is a noun.

Words near bodgery in the dictionary

  1. bodge wire
  2. bodge wires
  3. bodged
  4. bodger
  5. bodgers
  6. bodgery
  7. bodges
  8. bodgie
  9. bodgies
  10. bodging
  11. bodgy

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