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jerrybuilt

jerrybuilt adjective: shoddily built; ill-constructed.

Adjective

jerrybuilt

  1. Shoddily built; ill-constructed.
    • The whole operation was jerrybuilt from the beginning, and thus was doomed to failure.

Origin of jerrybuilt

Later 1800s. From jerry (of obscure meaning) + built

Questions about jerrybuilt

What does jerrybuilt mean?
Jerrybuilt means shoddily built; ill-constructed.
What part of speech is jerrybuilt?
Jerrybuilt is an adjective.

Words near jerrybuilt in the dictionary

  1. jerrybuild
  2. jerrybuilder
  3. jerrybuilders
  4. jerrybuilding
  5. jerrybuilds
  6. jerrybuilt
  7. jerrycan
  8. jerrycans
  9. jerrycummumble
  10. jerrygibbsite
  11. jerrygibbsites

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