bodgy

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1. AustraliaslangFake; phony.

   On the other hand, 'bodgy' dealers (those who sell fake caps or half-weights) have become more common, especially during periods when there are few genuine dealers available

   2001 August 15, Dr Stephanie Taylor, Ethnographic Research: A Reader, SAGE, →ISBN, page 54

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   A 'bodgy' contract was drawn up and Herbert signed. The friend referred to the land as the 'Black and White Estate' because 'so many people were using it to launder illegal money'.

   2015 October 1, Matthew Condon, All Fall Down, Univ. of Queensland Press, →ISBN

2. AustraliaUKslangSloppy or makeshift; bodged.

   A bodgy eighties removal of all the picture rails had left the walls with a serious case of the lumps.

   2014 August 27, Darren Palmer, Easy Luxury: An expert guide to creating your perfect home, Allen & Unwin, →ISBN, page 14

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   It must have taken the robot hours of painstaking labour, and the only remaining problem was the panels themselves, which were a bodgy mis-match of advertising hoardings, street signs and flattened-out garbage cans.

   2018 August 7, Simon Haynes, Harriet Walsh Omnibus One: Books 1-3 in the Harriet Walsh series, Bowman Press