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jerry-built

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jer·ry-build  (jr-bld)
tr.v. jer·ry-built (-blt), jer·ry-build·ing, jer·ry-builds
To build shoddily, flimsily, and cheaply.
[From dialectal jerry, defective, perhaps from the name Jerry.]
jerry-builder n.
jerry-built
Adjective
(of houses) built badly with cheap materials
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Adj.1.jerry-built - of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little jerry-built houses"
shoddy
weak - wanting in physical strength; "a weak pillar"
Translations

jerry-built [ˈdʒɛrɪbɪlt] adj → mal construido
jerry-built [ˈdʒɛrɪbɪlt] adj → de mauvaise qualité
jerry-built [ˈdʒɛrɪbɪlt] adj → schlampig gebaut
jerry-built [ˈdʒɛrɪbɪlt] adj → fatto/a di cartapesta
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The latter, whose name was Leonard Crane, came straight from a crude and almost cockney office of builders and house agents in the neighboring suburb, sunning itself at the end of a new row of jerry-built houses with plans in very bright colors and notices in very large letters.
The Man Who Knew Too Much by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
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