jerry-built

Definitions

Built cheaply and shoddily.

Equivalents

Examples

“1832, Liverpool Mercury, ‘…members of the Bluebell Club, the Jerry-Building society, &c…’ (via https://theprioryandthecastironshore.wordpress.com/2017/07/06/jerry-builder-origin-of-the-term/)”

“He had tried other building speculations, had run⟳ up other “jerry-built” houses, and had failed utterly, hopelessly.”

“Reigns supreme for jerry-built Houses tricked out with gorgeous gilt, Like⟳ cakes o' gingerbread, that crumble, And in another century 'll tumble”

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