Usually means: Constructed cheaply and carelessly.
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  1. jerry-build: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. jerry-build: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. jerry-build, jerry-build: Collins English Dictionary
  4. jerry-build: Wiktionary
  5. jerry-build: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  6. jerry-build: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. jerry-build: Dictionary.com
  8. jerry-build: Dictionary/thesaurus

(Note: See jerry-builder as well.)

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verb:  Alternative form of jerrybuild [(transitive) To assemble a project in a hasty, sloppy manner, especially using cheap, inferior or improvised materials.]

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