'Jerry-built' definitions:
Definition of 'jerry-built'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little jerry-built houses" [syn: jerry-built, shoddy]
Definition of 'Jerry-built'
From: GCIDE
- 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]