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jury-rigs

jury-rigs is the plural of jury-rig.

jury-rigs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of jury-rig.

Meaning of jury-rig

Noun

jury-rig (plural jury-rigs)

  1. An improvised rigging.
    • […] the sickly, disheartening feeling which the men of some “overdue” ships that come into harbour at last under a jury-rig must have felt, combated, and overcome in the faithful discharge of their duty.1904–1906, Joseph Conrad, The Mirror of the Sea, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, published October 1906, →OCLC

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Questions about jury-rigs

What is jury-rigs the plural of?
Jury-rigs is the plural of jury-rig.

Words near jury-rigs in the dictionary

  1. jury-mast
  2. jury-masts
  3. jury-rig
  4. jury-rigged
  5. jury-rigging
  6. jury-rigs
  7. juryes
  8. jurying
  9. juryless
  10. juryman
  11. jurymast

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