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hastily or roughly constructed
- a jerry-rigged switch to keep the machine in operation until it can be repaired
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“Jerry-rigged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jerry-rigged. Accessed 10 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of jerry-rigged was in 1959
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