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Jerry-built

Jerry-built Meaning & Definition
Jerry-built Definition And Meaning

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

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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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