Bodgie

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of a 1950s rock subculture; a teddy boy. Australia, New-Zealand, slang

    "I comb my hair as best I can. It is in a crew-cut ordered by the chief warder. He must have read that bodgies wear their hair long and decided to do his bit in the fight against juvenile delinquency."

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greasergreaserrockerwidgie

Example

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"I comb my hair as best I can. It is in a crew-cut ordered by the chief warder. He must have read that bodgies wear their hair long and decided to do his bit in the fight against juvenile delinquency."

Etymology

From bodg(er) + -ie.

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