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jerry-built

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This would be more impressive if you didn't know that the original 'frozen pan' rigs were jerry-built from film SLRs.

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of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little jerry-built houses"

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adjective

of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little jerry-built houses"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for jerry-built.

adjective

of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little jerry-built houses"

See also: shoddy

Example sentences

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This would be more impressive if you didn't know that the original 'frozen pan' rigs were jerry-built from film SLRs.

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In the OED, it has jerry-built dating to 1869 and defined as "Built unsubstantially of bad materials; built to sell, but not to last.

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How do you use jerry-built in a sentence?

This would be more impressive if you didn't know that the original 'frozen pan' rigs were jerry-built from film SLRs.

What does jerry-built mean?

of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little jerry-built houses"

What part of speech is jerry-built?

jerry-built is commonly used as adjective.