jerry-build

[jer-ee-bild]

verb (used with object)

jerry-built, jerry-building 

1. to build cheaply and flimsily.

jerry-build

verb

1. (tr) to build (houses, flats, etc) badly using cheap materials

Other Word Forms

• jerry-builder noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of jerry-build¹

1880–85; back formation from jerry-builder. See jerry ², build

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