"jerry-built" meaning in English

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          "text": "1832, Liverpool Mercury, ‘…members of the Bluebell Club, the Jerry-Building society, &c…’ (via https://theprioryandthecastironshore.wordpress.com/2017/07/06/jerry-builder-origin-of-the-term/)"
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          "ref": "1859, August 6, Albany Fonblanque, Junr., Once a Week, article Sebastopol Villa",
          "text": "He had tried other building speculations, had run up other “jerry-built” houses, and had failed utterly, hopelessly."
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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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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tōugōngjiǎnliào jiànchéng de",
          "sense": "built cheaply",
          "word": "偷工减料建成的"
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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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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "built cheaply",
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          "word": "zusammengepfuscht"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "built cheaply",
          "word": "stümperhaft gebaut"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "built cheaply",
          "word": "schlampig gebaut"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "built cheaply",
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          "word": "sklepan"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "built cheaply",
      "word": "偷工減料建成的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tōugōngjiǎnliào jiànchéng de",
      "sense": "built cheaply",
      "word": "偷工减料建成的"
    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "built cheaply",
      "word": "juosten kustu"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "built cheaply",
      "word": "vite fait"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "built cheaply",
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      "sense": "built cheaply",
      "word": "stümperhaft gebaut"
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    {
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "built cheaply",
      "word": "schlampig gebaut"
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      "sense": "built cheaply",
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      "word": "sklepan"
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