a. [See prec.] Built unsubstantially of bad materials; built to sell but not to last.
1869. Lonsdale Gloss., Jerry-built, slightly, or unsubstantially built.
1875. Ruskin, Fors Clav., V. 263. Rows of jerry-built cottages are creeping up.
1900. G. C. Brodrick, Mem. & Impr., 316. It would soon be overspread by vulgar jerry-built villas.
