wodge

noun

chiefly British
: a bulky mass or chunk : lump, wad

Examples of wodge in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web On June 3rd Warner Music started trading in New York having raised $1.9bn—a healthy wodge even in good times. The Economist, 6 June 2020 So that’s a huge wodge of our work to basically not control, that’s the point about it. Marc Hirsh, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2019

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Word History

Etymology

probably alteration of wedge

First Known Use

1860, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wodge was in 1860

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Cite this Entry

“Wodge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wodge. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.

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