Definition of "bodge"

We bodged again; as I have seen a swan

c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act I, scene iv], page 153, column 1

All the actions of his life are like so many things bodged in without any natural cadence or connexion at all.

1865, A book of characters, selected from the writings of Overbury, Earle, and Butler, Thomas Overbury and John Earle

Some cars were neglected, others bodged to keep them running with inevitable consequences

2003, Laurence Meredith, Original Porsche 356: The Restorer's Guide

Do not be satisfied with a bodged job, set yourself professional goals and standards

2007, Enric Roselló, The Restoration Handbook

His father, grandfather and countless generations before him had obtained a living from chair bodging in the solitude of the beech glades.

1978, John Geraint Jenkins, Traditional Country Craftsmen, page 16

"Bodging is more a curiosity than a valid craft these days," says Don. "But experience in low-tech woodworking is also a good way for the beginner to start getting a feel for turning without having to make a huge investment in a modern lathe."

1989 May–June, John Birchard, “The artful bodger”, in American Woodworker, page 41

Which is no different than my chair bodging, in that I can go out into the woodland and do my work without having to be tied in to a village shop situation.

2000, Beth Robinson Bosk, The New Settler Interviews: Boogie at the Brink

The simple tool above provides a low-tech bodge to help people locate missing friends and family in Christchurch following today's terrible earthquake.

2011 February 22, Cory Doctorow, “Google App to help locate people in Christchurch quake”, in BoingBoing‎, retrieved 2012-02-05