bodger
- noun
- /ˈbɒdʒə/
- Archaic
:
tornero de madera
- Many traditional chairs were made with parts turned by a bodger using a pole lathe.
Examples
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A bodger would set up a temporary workshop in the woods to craft chair legs from fresh timber.
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The museum displayed tools once used by a skilled bodger in the English countryside.
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The bodger crafted beautiful chair legs from green wood.
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Many bodgers still use traditional techniques today.
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A bodger would set up a temporary workshop in the woods to craft chair legs from fresh timber.
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The museum displayed tools once used by a skilled bodger in the English countryside.
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Many traditional chairs were made with parts turned by a bodger using a pole lathe.
Synonyms
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3.9
A person who makes or repairs things from wood
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3.9
A person who makes decorative objects from wood by cutting and shaping them
A person who shapes wood on a machine that spins it to make bowls or furniture parts
A person who makes things from wood by cutting and shaping it
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Etymology
The word bodger originally named a traditional woodworker who set up a small workshop in the woods and turned chair legs from 'green wood' on a pole lathe. So a bodger was a maker who shaped wooden parts by hand, and the word still describes that old craft.