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Jury-rigged   /dʒˈʊri-rɪgd/   Listen
Jury-rigged

adjective
1.
Done or made using whatever is available.  Synonyms: improvised, makeshift.  "The survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear" , "The rock served as a makeshift hammer"






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"Jury-rigged" Quotes from Famous Books



... lane that has no turning, and no gale lasts forever. The next day it moderated, and the day after the weather was quite fine, and the sea had gone down. We recovered our spirits, the more so as we heard no more of the cat; and having jury-rigged her aft, we steered our course with a light breeze. We were now but a short distance from Smyrna, and hoped to be there by the next day; but the second mate shook his head. He said, 'The cat has not done with us, for it was ...
— Poor Jack • Frederick Marryat



Words linked to "Jury-rigged" :   impermanent, temporary, improvised



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