jerry-built
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Jerry-built half a century earlier as a private residence by a Harvard-educated speculator, Sir George Downing, the Whitehall relic, four stories high, so depressed Melbourne that he refused to set foot in it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jerry-built as a real estate speculation by Harvard-educated Sir George Downing, who managed the neat trick of flourishing under both Oliver Cromwell and Charles II, it has been in almost constant danger of falling down.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jerry-built out of odds & ends of cliches, it is an unashamed reworking of a formula that has been familiar to Joan Crawford's fans for a couple of decades.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jerry-built mines collapsed, and backyard iron proved worthless for industrial use.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jerry-built shanties with rattletrap aircars grounded around them.
From The Cosmic Computer by Piper, H. Beam
