This is the sin of the usurer, the bodger, and the tyrannous landlord, and of this bad trinity the last is the worst. |
A bodger was probably a collector in his bodge or budget, before he was a buyer and seller. |
Often the rushes were woven into seats by out-workers and the skill of the bodger lay in his or her ability to bend the wooden frame into a strong, comfortable and pleasing shape using rudimentary steaming techniques. |
Visit the bodger in Strid wood to see historic woodcrafting and see the 800-year-old Laund Oak. |
But he's also a chancer and a bodger, given to cobbling together short stories from bottom-drawer leftovers. |
As you might expect, this happened a lot in High Wycombe, and Wycombe Wanderers, one of the Football League's least successful sides, has a bodger as mascot. |