jerry-built

Etymology

 * there are many theories.

Adjective

 * 1) Built cheaply and shoddily.
 * 2) * 1832, Liverpool Mercury, ‘…members of the Bluebell Club, the Jerry-Building society, &c…’ (via https://theprioryandthecastironshore.wordpress.com/2017/07/06/jerry-builder-origin-of-the-term/)
 * 3) * 1859, August 6, Albany Fonblanque, Junr., Once a Week, article Sebastopol Villa:
 * He had tried other building speculations, had run up other “jerry-built” houses, and had failed utterly, hopelessly.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 偷工減料建成的
 * Czech: fušersky postavený, chatrný, stavěný narychlo
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: juosten kustu
 * French: ,
 * German: zusammengepfuscht, stümperhaft gebaut, schlampig gebaut
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish: