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Definition of Bodged
1. bodge [v] - See also: bodge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bodged
Literary usage of Bodged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872)
"\V'e bodged again, as I have seen a swan With bootless labour swim against the tide,
... Shakespear has bodged with blood, daubed or dabbled with blood. ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"Shakespeare uses bodged for bungled. Common. ' York. With this, we charg'd again ;
but, out, alas ! Wo bodg'd again.'—3 Hen. VI. i. 4. 18. ..."
3. Elements of Criticism by Henry Home Kames (1870)
"With this we charged again; but out, alas 1 We bodged again; as 1 have seen a
swan With bootless labor swim against the tide, And spend her strength with ..."
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