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codge

codge verb: to patch or cobble together; to make hastily and carelessly.

Verb

codge (third-person singular simple present codges, present participle codging, simple past and past participle codged)

  1. (transitive) To patch or cobble together; to make hastily and carelessly.
    • […] this it was that branded him as one of the contemporary theatre's journeymen hack 'playwrights', in his own disparaging phrase, ready to turn a hand to anything, and able to codge up a play to order from any materials at hand.1990, Rosalind Miles, Ben Jonson: his craft and art, page 159

Forms of codge

third-person singular presentcodges
present participlecodging
past participlecodged
pastcodged

Words that rhyme with codge

Questions about codge

What does codge mean?
Codge means to patch or cobble together; to make hastily and carelessly.
What part of speech is codge?
Codge is a verb.
What is the past tense of codge?
The past tense of codge is codged.

Words near codge in the dictionary

  1. codfishers
  2. codfishery
  3. codfishes
  4. codfishing
  5. Codford
  6. codge
  7. codged
  8. codger
  9. codger-hood
  10. codgerhood
  11. codgerly

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