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.
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A poorly-researched dictionary of British Slang words and phrases, written by some guy off the internet.
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!