单词 | jerry-builder |
释义 | jerry-builder (once / 337695 pages) n WORD FAMILY jerry-builder USAGE EXAMPLESIt was in the days when every jerry-builder and parish sewer contractor, and big linen-draper too, thought he was a railway and dock contractor. Newman, John Henry, Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge—O...(2011) "Repeatedly" suggests that the jerry-builder was a hard nut to crack then as now. Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), The Battle with the Slum(2010) A jerry-builder whose houses have been condemned writes anonymously and becomes the Thunderer. Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), All Things Considered(2010) n someone who builds cheap buildings out of poor materials on speculation for a quick profit Hyper builder, constructor someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building) |
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