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- my jerry-built wine racks may not look pretty, but they get the job done
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jerry-built
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of jerry-built (Entry 2 of 2)
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for jerry-built
- reassembled,
- rebuilt,
- reconstructed,
- redeveloped,
- reedified
- [British],
- retrofitted
- (or retrofit)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for jerry-built
- demolished,
- destroyed,
- devastated,
- flattened,
- leveled
- (or levelled),
- pulled down,
- pulverized,
- razed,
- ruinated,
- ruined,
- shattered,
- smashed,
- wrecked
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The first known use of jerry-built was in 1844
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