1 v make a bit of a haphazard job of something 2 n something cobbled together. A “bodger” was originally a craftsman who worked on a green-wood lathe, but this information is of almost no help at all because the word “bodger” still rather implies that such a person was “bodging” something.
The word turner has been used for someone at the lathe for eight centuries, from the Latin tornator. The word bodger was used for a rough turner in one small region in the early 20th century. First use in print 1920.
> A “bodger” was originally a craftsman who worked on a green-wood lathe, but this information is of almost no help at all….
Also, because most of us have no idea what a “green-wood lathe” is!