"wodge" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /wɒd͡ʒ/ [UK], /wɑd͡ʒ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wodge.wav [Southern-England] Forms: wodges [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒd͡ʒ Etymology: Probably an alteration of wedge. Etymology templates: {{m|en|wedge}} wedge Head templates: {{en-noun}} wodge (plural wodges)
  1. (chiefly UK, Ireland, colloquial) A bulk mass, usually of small items, particularly money; a wad Tags: Ireland, UK, colloquial Related terms: wodgy
    Sense id: en-wodge-en-noun-1AvOWV-z Categories (other): British English, Irish English

Inflected forms

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          "text": "[…] if Eben comes to me with that there hankychy and slips a big wodge of hard Hamsterdam ’bacco and a square bottle o’ stuff as hasn’t paid dooty into my hands in the dark some night, what am I to do?",
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