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jerry-build

[ jer-ee-bild ]

verb (used with object)

jerry-built, jerry-building.
  1. to build cheaply and flimsily.

jerry-build

verb

  1. tr to build (houses, flats, etc) badly using cheap materials
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ-ˌܾ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ۲-ܾe noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of jerry-build1

1880–85; back formation from jerry-builder. See jerry 2, build

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