[modeleng] Re: Swarf!

  • From: peter.chadwick@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 15:20:21 +0000

Originally, a bodger was someone who had something to do with a certain 
process involved in shoe manufacture.
Damned if I can remember what it was, but it was actually a skilled 
trade....
Similarly a skiver - he carefully sliced into the leather soles to arrange 
for stitching to be hidden.

Peter Chadwick
Swindon

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