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bodge
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bodge [bɒdʒ]
vb
1. Informal to make a mess of; botch
2. Austral informal to make or adjust in a false or clumsy way I bodged the figures
[changed from botch]

Bodge a measure of oats [about half a peck].
Examples: bodge of beans, 1520; of oats.
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Verb1.bodge - make a mess of, destroy or ruinbodge - make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
go wrong, miscarry, fail - be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
Translations
bodge [bɒdʒ] (Brit)
1. vtraffazzonare


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His inch-perfect pass fed Nicholls who had plenty to do but did it superbly to round off an extraordinary afternoon and leave Bodger, whose name, by the way, is derived from the ancient chairleg-making craft of bodging, drained and devastated.
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They have a duty of care; it's not enough to keep bodging repairs and filling in pot holes, as has been done for 30 years on Plantshill Crescent, Tile Hill.
 
 
 
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