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jerry-built

adj

Etymology

Unknown; there are many theories.

Definitions

  1. Built cheaply and shoddily.

    • 1832, Liverpool Mercury, ‘…members of the Bluebell Club, the Jerry-Building society, &c…’ (via https://theprioryandthecastironshore.wordpress.com/2017/07/06/jerry-builder-origin-of-the-term/)
    • He had tried other building speculations, had run up other “jerry-built” houses, and had failed utterly, hopelessly.
    • Reigns supreme for jerry-built Houses tricked out with gorgeous gilt, Like cakes o' gingerbread, that crumble, And in another century 'll tumble

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