Obs. or dial. [f. BODGE v. + -ER1.] One who ‘bodges’; a botcher.
1552. Huloet, Bodger, botcher, mender, or patcher of olde garmentes.
1567. Harding, in Jewell, Def. Apol. (1611), 500. Be they … Tinkers or Tapsters, coblers or Bodgers. [In modern dialects.]
