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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of inferior workmanship and materials;
- Example: "mean little jerry-built houses"
[syn: jerry-built, shoddy]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Jerry-built \Jer"ry-built`\, a.
   1. Built hastily and of bad materials; as, jerry-built
      houses.

   Syn: slipshod, ramshackle, flimsy.
        [1913 Webster]

   2. Developed in an unsystematic or inexpert manner; built
      haphazardly; -- used of objects, organizations, plans,
      etc.
      [PJC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

jerry-built
    adj 1: of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little
           jerry-built houses" [syn: jerry-built, shoddy]