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by stan_rogers 5663 days ago
I think you'll find the derivation for this usage is actually hacher (to chop or hack; hatchet comes from the same root borrowing), and means one who works in an inelegant manner (hacks away at a problem until it is solved). The British usage of bodger (outside of the realm of making greenwood chairs) would be more-or-less equivalent.