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- artless,
- clumsy,
- crude,
- jerry-built,
- jury-rigged,
- rough,
- rough-and-ready,
- rough-and-tumble,
- rough-hewn,
- rude,
- unrefined
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'Jerry-built' vs. 'Jury-rigged' vs....
'Jerry-built' vs. 'Jury-rigged' vs. 'Jerry-rigged'
Three terms, three strong options.
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“Jerry-rigged.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jerry-rigged. Accessed 10 December 2019.
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The first known use of jerry-rigged was in 1959
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