About The Word Jerry-built
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Jerry-built
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What's The Definition Of Jerry-built?
[adj] of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little jerry-built houses"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Jerry-built: shoddy | weak Related Terms | Find terms related to Jerry-built: breakable | brittle | cheap-jack | cobwebby | crumbly | dainty | delicate | delicately weak | effeminate | flimsy | fragile | frail | frangible | gimcrack | gimcracky | gossamery | jerry | light | lightweight | namby-pamby | papery | pasteboardy | puny | shattery | sissified | sleazy | slight | tacky | unsubstantial | wispy | womanish See Also | Jerry-built In Webster's Dictionary \Jer"ry-built`\, a.
Built hastily and of bad materials; as, jerry-built houses.
[Colloq. Eng.]
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