Definition of "jerry-built" in inglés

adjective

1. Built cheaply and shoddily.

   • 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/)
   • He had tried other building speculations, had run up other “jerry-built” houses, and had failed utterly, hopelessly.