jerry build
[verb]
Synonyms: throw up, run up

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jerry-build verb trans. ['dʒɛrɪbɪld] colloq. Pa. t. & pple -built [-bɪlt]. M19.
[Origin unkn.]
Build insubstantially from inferior materials; build to sell but not to last. Chiefly as jerry-built ppl adjective.
■ F. King The flat's so tiny and so jerry-built that every sound can be heard from one room to another.

■ jerry-builder noun a person who builds houses etc. hurriedly and insubstantially from inferior materials L19.

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