bodgie

[ boj-ee ]

nounAustralian.
  1. a juvenile delinquent; youthful troublemaker.

Origin of bodgie

1
1950–55; perhaps dial. (Yorkshire) bodge clumsy worker (see botch1) + -ie; compare bodger inferior, worthless

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British Dictionary definitions for bodgie

bodgie

/ (ˈbɒdʒɪ) Australian and NZ /


noun
  1. an unruly or uncouth young man, esp in the 1950s; teddy boy

adjective
  1. inferior; worthless

Origin of bodgie

1
C20: from bodge

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