Meaning of JERRY-BUILT
| Pronunciation: | | 'jeree bilt
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| | Definition: | | [adj] of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little jerry-built houses" |
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| | Synonyms: | | shoddy, weak |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Jer"ry-built`\, a.
Built hastily and of bad materials; as, jerry-built houses.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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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