"jerry-built" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1859, August 6, Albany Fonblanque, Junr., Once a Week, article Sebastopol Villa",
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          "text": "Reigns supreme for jerry-built\nHouses tricked out with gorgeous gilt,\nLike cakes o' gingerbread, that crumble,\nAnd in another century 'll tumble",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "built cheaply",
          "word": "偷工減料建成的"
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          "roman": "tōugōngjiǎnliào jiànchéng de",
          "sense": "built cheaply",
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          "sense": "built cheaply",
          "word": "fušersky postavený"
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          "sense": "built cheaply",
          "word": "chatrný"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "built cheaply",
          "word": "stavěný narychlo"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "built cheaply",
          "word": "juosten kustu"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "built cheaply",
          "word": "vite fait"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "built cheaply",
          "word": "bâclé"
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          "sense": "built cheaply",
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          "word": "zusammengepfuscht"
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          "sense": "built cheaply",
          "word": "stümperhaft gebaut"
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          "sense": "built cheaply",
          "word": "schlampig gebaut"
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      "sense": "built cheaply",
      "word": "偷工減料建成的"
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      "sense": "built cheaply",
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