Definitions for jerry-built
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
jer′ry-built`(adj.)
built cheaply and flimsily; shoddy.
contrived or developed in a haphazard fashion.
Origin of jerry-built:
1865–70; jerry, of uncert. orig.
jer′ry-build`er(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
jerry-built, shoddy(adj)
of inferior workmanship and materials
"mean little jerry-built houses"
Wiktionary
jerry-built(Adjective)
Built cheaply and shoddily.
Origin: * A pejorative of unknown origin concerning 'Jerry'
Webster Dictionary
Jerry-built(adj)
built hastily and of bad materials; as, jerry-built houses
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