jerry-built

(jer’i-bilt), a. Constructed hastily and with flimsy materials. The first thought naturally was that these jerry-built houses would be shaken down like a pack of cards. Nature, XXX. 31. jerry-shop (jer’i-shop),. A low dram-shop. A worse than jerry-shop over the way raged like Bedlam or Erebus, ‘arlyle, in Froude.