Definition of jerry-built

jerry-builtadjective

xây dựng tạm bợ

/ˈdʒeri bɪlt//ˈdʒeri bɪlt/

Word Originmid 19th cent.: origin unknown; sometimes said to be from the name of a firm of builders in Liverpool, or to allude to the walls of Jericho in the Bible, which fell down at the sound of Joshua's trumpets (Josh. 6:20).

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