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Jerry-built

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Built cheaply and shoddily.

    "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/)"

Adjective
  1. 1
    badly or hastily built wordnet

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Unknown; there are many theories.

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