jerrybuild
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jerrybuild
Where it comes from
Blend of jerry + build; unknown origin; see jerry (possibly etymologically related).
verb jerrybuilds · jerrybuilding · jerrybuilt
- To assemble a project in a hasty, sloppy manner, especially using cheap, inferior or improvised materials. It was a queer-looking hovel, built of galvanised iron and kerosene-cans and bark and saplings and bamboo, according to no definite plan, and obviously, to knowing eyes, by one of those masters of the craft of jerry-building […]
- To assemble a structure in such an unsafe manner that it is doomed to collapse.
- To repair a structure in a sloppy or unsafe manner.
Talk about this word "jerrybuild." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jerrybuild. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. jerrybuild. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jerrybuild "jerrybuild." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jerrybuild.Cite this
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title = {jerrybuild},
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