Lodger e.g. producing nonsense (8)
I believe the answer is:
doggerel
'nonsense' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'lodger e g producing' is the wordplay.
'producing' indicates an anagram.
'lodger'+'e'+'g'='lodgereg'
'lodgereg' anagrammed gives 'DOGGEREL'.
(Other definitions for doggerel that I've seen before include "Burlesque verse" , "questionable verse" , "Terrible poetry" , "Irregular comic verse" , "William McGonagall's kind of poetry?" .)