figurative. Put together clumsily, patched up, botched. Passing into an expression of depreciation.

Put together or constructed in a clumsy or unskilful manner; cobbled together. Later also: poorly executed, bungled. Also bodged-up.

Mended or patched in a clumsy or unskilful manner; clumsily put or cobbled together. Later (more generally): poorly executed, bungled. Also botched-up…

Having the character of a tinker or of a tinker's work; clumsy, bungling, unskilful; of poor quality; mean, low, disreputable.

Mended or put together clumsily (esp. of shoes), patched, botched; see the verb.

Clumsily executed; unskilful; shoddy; characterized by botches (botch, n.2 1 2).

Poorly made, repaired, or executed; of unsatisfactory workmanship, appearance, reliability, etc.; shoddy, inferior, bodged. Cf. dodgy, adj. additions.

Poorly equipped, roughly contrived, inefficient, esp. hay-wire outfit (from the practice of using hay-wire for makeshift repairs). Originally U.S.

Done or made in a clumsy, unskilful, or makeshift way; poor, unsatisfactory. Also bodgied-up.

Done or made in a clumsy, unskilful, or makeshift way; poor, unsatisfactory. Also bodgied-up.