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What is jerry-built?Something poorly built is “jerry-built.” Boy......that hot rod is a piece of junk! jerry-built - meme gifjerry-built - videoJerry-built - what is it?Jerry-built refers to something built shoddily, flimsily, and cheaply. That house is only 10 years old and yet it is falling down already. It must have been jerry-built. What does "jerry-built" mean?1869, Eng. dialect jerry "bad, defective," a pejorative use of the male nickname Jerry (a popular form of Jeremy), or from naut. slang jury "temporary," which came to be used of all sorts of makeshift and inferior objects. Those pre-fabricated houses built by the contractor with the lowest bid are probably jerry-built. |
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