"jerry-built" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: Unknown; there are many theories. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} jerry-built
  1. Built cheaply and shoddily. Derived forms: jerry-rigged Related terms: jerry-build, jerry-builder, jerrybuilder, jury-rigged, scratch-built, shoddy Translations (built cheaply): 偷工減料建成的 (Chinese Mandarin), 偷工减料建成的 (tōugōngjiǎnliào jiànchéng de) (Chinese Mandarin), fušersky postavený (Czech), chatrný (Czech), stavěný narychlo (Czech), juosten kustu (Finnish), vite fait (French), bâclé (French), zusammengepfuscht [slang] (German), stümperhaft gebaut (German), schlampig gebaut (German), sklepan [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
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