quick-and-dirty

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quick-and-dirt·y

(kwĭk′ən-dûr′tē)

adj.

Cheaply made or done; of inferior quality: a quick-and-dirty construction project; a quick-and-dirty research report.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

quick′-and-dirt′y

adj.

1. Informal. slipshod.

2. Slang. greasy spoon.

[1970–75]

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