jerry-built

jer·ry-build (j

-b

)

tr.v. jer·ry-built (-b

), 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 - Is either from English dialect jerry, "bad, defective," a pejorative use of the male nickname Jerry, or from nautical slang jury, "temporary," which came to be used of all sorts of makeshift and inferior objects.

See also related terms for temporary.

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Adj.

jerry-built - of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little jerry-built houses"

shoddy

weak - wanting in physical strength; "a weak pillar"

jerry-built

adjective ramshackle, cheap, faulty, shabby, defective, flimsy, rickety, thrown together, slipshod, unsubstantial Workers at the plant speak of jerry-built equipment.
substantial, sturdy, well-built, well-constructed

Translations

jerry-built [ˈdʒerɪbɪlt] ADJ → mal construido, hecho con malos materiales

jerry-built [ˈdʒɛribɪlt] adj [house] → en carton-pâte
jerry can [ˈdʒɛri] n → bidon m, jerrycan m

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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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