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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024jack•leg ( jak′leg′),USA pronunciation [Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.]adj. - Dialect Termsunskilled or untrained for one's work;
amateur:a jackleg electrician. - Dialect Termsunscrupulous or without the accepted standards of one's profession:a jackleg lawyer.
- Dialect Termsmakeshift;
temporary.
n. - Dialect Termsan unskilled or unscrupulous itinerant worker or practitioner.
- perh. jack1 + (black)leg 1840–50, American.
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