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Example sentences from the Web for jury-rigged Because women have so little support in combining work and family, everyone is left to do it in her own ad-hoc, jury-rigged way.
Beyond Marissa Mayer, Bigger Problems for America’s New Mothers | Michelle Goldberg| July 20, 2012| DAILY BEAST
In eastern Libya, that often meant a Mad Max charge across the Sahara, armed to the teeth in jury-rigged pickups and sedans.
Gaddafi Goons Dig In | Babak Dehghanpisheh| August 22, 2011| DAILY BEAST
Designed as a skirt, it was jury-rigged into a dress by Middleton—or by some stage-hand with an eye for provocation.
Kate Middleton's Charity-Auction Dress Auctioned in London | Robin Givhan| March 15, 2011| DAILY BEAST
That is why the Geithner plan is so complex and jury-rigged , to avoid the need for public requests for more money for banks.
Does Obama Have a Plan B? | Adam S. Posen| March 29, 2009| DAILY BEAST
About it he could make out a thin gleaming of wires—a jury-rigged safety field.
The Winds of Time | James H. Schmitz
He'd jury-rigged a kind of control on the hull field, so he could aim the hulk easily enough.
The Measure of a Man | Randall Garrett
The Agamemnon had been jury-rigged for the service, her heavy masts and rigging removed, and lighter ropes and spars substituted.
The Atlantic Telegraph | William Howard Russell
This was no occasion calling for remarkable ingenuity to make some sort of jury-rigged drive.
Talents, Incorporated | William Fitzgerald Jenkins
Copeland worked the jury-rigged controls of the jet, continuing to decelerate.
Comet's Burial | Raymond Zinke Gallun
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adjective mainly nautical set up in a makeshift manner, usually as a result of the loss of regular gear
Words nearby jury-rigged jury box, juryman, jury-packing, jury process, jury-rig, jury-rigged , jury room, jury wheel, jurywoman, jus, jus canonicum
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Content related to jury-rigged “Jury-rigged” vs. “Jerry-rigged”What's the difference between "jury-rigged" and "jerry-rigged"? And is the jury still out on whether one is preferred over the other?
Words related to jury-rigged improvised, makeshift, offhand, off-the-cuff