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bodgies

bodgies is the plural of bodgie.

Meaning of bodgie

Noun

bodgie (plural bodgies)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) A member of a 1950s rock subculture; a teddy boy.
    • I comb my hair as best I can. It is in a crew-cut ordered by the chief warder. He must have read that bodgies wear their hair long and decided to do his bit in the fight against juvenile delinquency.1965, Mudrooroo, Wild Cat Falling, HarperCollins, published 2001, page 17
    Synonyms:
    greaser, rocker

Questions about bodgies

What is bodgies the plural of?
Bodgies is the plural of bodgie.

Words near bodgies in the dictionary

  1. bodger
  2. bodgers
  3. bodgery
  4. bodges
  5. bodgie
  6. bodgies
  7. bodging
  8. bodgy
  9. Bodh Gaya
  10. Bodhachandra
  11. Bodhchandra

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