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OT: the houses were jerry-built Ah! A usage of "jerry-built" from well before WWII. I guess it's not a reference to German engineering after all.
by ScottBurson 10y ago
OT: the houses were jerry-built
Ah! A usage of "jerry-built" from well before WWII. I guess it's not a reference to German engineering after all.
- Avawelles 10y agoIn the OED, it has jerry-built dating to 1869 and defined as "Built unsubstantially of bad materials; built to sell, but not to last."