Some lawn equipment is loaded into the jerry-built cart.
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Jerry-built
Synonyms for "jerry-built" (24 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (12)
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1 entriesTranslations
13 translations across 7 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 偷工減料建成的 /偷工减料建成的 adj (built cheaply)
- 豆腐渣 adj (built cheaply)
Czech
3 entries- chatrný adj (built cheaply)
- fušersky postavený adj (built cheaply)
- stavěný narychlo adj (built cheaply)
Finnish
1 entries- juosten kustu adj (built cheaply)
French
2 entries- bâclé adj (built cheaply)
- vite fait adj (built cheaply)
German
3 entries- schlampig gebaut adj (built cheaply)
- stümperhaft gebaut adj (built cheaply)
- zusammengepfuscht adj (built cheaply)
Polish
1 entries- zbudowany tandetnie adj (built cheaply)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- sklepan adj (built cheaply)
Sample sentences
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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/)
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He had tried other building speculations, had run up other “jerry-built” houses, and had failed utterly, hopelessly.
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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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