jerry-building | construction of inferior buildings for a quick profit |
berth bunk built in bed | a bed on a ship or train, usually in tiers |
bicycle-built-for-two tandem bicycle tandem | a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats |
built-in bed | a bed that is built in and fixed to a wall |
custom-made custom-built | an item made to the customer's specifications |
soap powder built-soap powder washing powder | soap in powdered form mixed with alkaline builders |
Tom and Jerry | hot rum toddy with a beaten egg |
Kraut Krauthead Boche Jerry Hun | offensive term for a person of German descent |
jerry-builder | someone who builds cheap buildings out of poor materials on speculation for a quick profit |
Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis | United States rock star singer and pianist (born in ) |
onionskin flimsy | a thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies |
shoddy | reclaimed wool fiber |
carvel-built | (of ships) built with flush (rather than overlapping) hull planks |
clinker-built clincher-built lap-strake lap-straked lap-streak lap-streaked | having overlapping hull planks |
unconvincing flimsy | not convincing, unconvincing argument, as unconvincing as a forced smile |
custom-built made-to-order | built for a particular individual |
deceptive misleading shoddy | designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently, the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm, deliberately deceptive packaging, a misleading similarity, statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading, shoddy business practices |
built reinforced | (used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness, the built liquid detergents |
built-in constitutional inbuilt inherent integral | existing as an essential constituent or characteristic, the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity, a constitutional inability to tell the truth |
purpose-built purpose-made | designed and constructed to serve a particular purpose |
square-built | broad and solidly built |
built-up | peopled with settlers, the built-up areas |
flimsy fragile slight tenuous thin | lacking substance or significance, slight evidence, a tenuous argument, a thin plot, a fragile claim to fame |
flimsy | lacking solidity or strength, a flimsy table, flimsy construction |
jerry-built shoddy | of inferior workmanship and materials, mean little jerry-built houses |
cheapjack shoddy tawdry | cheap and shoddy, cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob- Judith Crist |