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Jerry-built things, which are things 'built unsubstantially of bad materials', has a separate unknown etymology. It is probably linked to earlier pejorative uses of the word jerry, attested as early as 1721, and may have been influenced by jury-rigged. [6] [7] [8] The blended terms jerry rigging and jerry-rigged are also common. [9] [10]
As I said in my note though, we should either include a full list - which would rapidly turn into a list of abuse stereotypes - or none. "Jerry-Rig" BTW is a corruption of "Jury Rig", not an anti-German stereotype. The German stereotype is rather the reverse. "Jury" rig is from the use of Jury in old English to mean a temporary or expedient thing.
Part of the Miles Glacier Bridge, with a "kludge" (temporary fix) to make the bridge usable after earthquake damage.. A kludge or kluge (/ k l ʌ dʒ, k l uː dʒ /) is a workaround or makeshift solution that is clumsy, inelegant, inefficient, difficult to extend, and hard to maintain.
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Rig (fishing), an arrangement of items used for fishing; Drilling rig, a structure housing equipment used to drill or extract oil from underground; Rig (stage lighting) rig, a horse-drawn carriage together with the horses and harness; rig, something that a dog pulls when mushing; Rig (sailing), the configuration of sails and masts on a sailing ...
A truck is a wooden ball, disk, or bun-shaped cap at the top of a mast, with holes in it through which flag halyards are passed. [1] Trucks are also used on wooden flagpoles, to prevent them from splitting.
The songs were performed by Jerry Riggs, Jeremy Graf, Dave Ridarick, and Steve Carlisle. The songs were also included on the movie's soundtrack release. Riggs' self-titled debut album on the Full Moon label was released shortly after that but failed to make much of an impact on the music scene. [ 3 ]