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单词 jerry-builder
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jerry-builder
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jerry-builder
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It 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
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builder, constructor
someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building)
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