jerrybuilt

jerrybuilt

jerry-built
1> построенный на скорую руку, непрочно, кое-как

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  • jerrybuilt — adjective a) Of or pertaining to a shoddily built structure. The whole operation was jerrybuilt from the beginning, and thus was doomed to failure. b) Anything that is ill constructed …   Wiktionary

  • jerrybuilt — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. shoddy, flimsy, defective, rickety, unstable, *junky, faulty, unsound, thrown together, cheap. ANT.: solid, sturdy, sound …   English dictionary for students

  • jerrybuilt — adjective built cheaply, quickly, and badly …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Rome — /rohm/, n. 1. Harold (Jacob), born 1908, U.S. lyricist and composer. 2. Italian, Roma. a city in and the capital of Italy, in the central part, on the Tiber: ancient capital of the Roman Empire; site of Vatican City, seat of authority of the… …   Universalium

  • Magazine Management — Co., Inc. Type Private (subsidiary of Cadence Industries) Industry publishing Genre fan, romance, men s, comics, humor Successor Marvel Entertainment Group Founded c.1953 …   Wikipedia

  • gerrymander —  means to distort or redraw to one’s advantage, especially a political boundary. Not to be confused with jerrybuilt …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors


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