bodgie

[ boj-ee ]

noun

, Australian.

1. a juvenile delinquent; youthful troublemaker.

bodgie

/ ˈbɒdʒɪ /

noun

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

adjective

1. inferior; worthless

Word History and Origins

Origin of bodgie¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of bodgie¹

C20: from bodge

Example Sentences

"Any boss who sacks a worker for not turning up today is a bum," the Silver Bodgie exuberantly declared.

From BBC