What does bodgery mean?
Bodgery means Clumsy or inelegant work..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Clumsy or inelegant work..
As Andrew, in particular, began to work on renovation and improvement, his talk about this began to be peppered with references to 'bodgery' — 'When I look at it, all I see is bodgery', he says recurrently, with a mixture of exclamation and despair.
[…] deploying the deceits of 'facadism' (ashlar stone exterior layer with lath and plaster interiors) hiding the most terrible bodgery of poor brickwork, […]
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Bodgery means Clumsy or inelegant work..
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As Andrew, in particular, began to work on renovation and improvement, his talk about this began to be peppered with references to 'bodgery' — 'When I look at it, all I see is bodgery', he says recurrently, with a mixture of exclamation and despair.
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