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jury-rigged
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective jury-rigged has 1 sense
- jury-rigged(s = adj.all) improvised, makeshift - done or made using whatever is available; "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer"
CIDE DICTIONARY
jury-rigged, a.
Rigged for temporary service; done or made using whatever materials are available; makeshift; as, the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear. See Jury, a. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
jury-rigged, n. Naut. having temporary makeshift rigging.
Etymology
perh. ult. f. OF ajurie aid
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