2 example sentences using jerry-built.
Jerry-built used in a sentence
Jerry-built in a sentence as an adjective
This would be more impressive if you didn't know that the original 'frozen pan' rigs were jerry-built from film SLRs.
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.
Jerry-built definitions
adjective
of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little jerry-built houses"
See also: shoddy