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Built hastily and of bad materials; as, jerry-built houses.

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  1. a. Built hastily and of bad materials; as, jerry-built houses.
  2. adj. badly or hastily built
  3. Built hastily and of bad materials; as, jerry-built houses. [Colloq. Eng.]
  4. Built hastily and of bad materials; as, jerry-built houses.[Colloq. Eng.]
  5. j:100 s. of inferior workmanship and materials