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Built cheaply and shoddily.

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jerry-built

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Source Word

jerry-built

Adjective

Built cheaply and shoddily.

Japanese Meaning

安っぽく、手抜きに作られた / 粗悪な品質で製造された / 安造りの

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The jerry-built bookshelf collapsed under the weight of the textbooks.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

手抜きで作られた本棚は教科書の重さで崩れ落ちた。

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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/)

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