10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JERRY-BUILDER»
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
1840—1900.—5. A celebration of completed indentures: printers': from ca. 1870;
ob.—6. A low beer-house: from ca. 1850: coll. >, ca. 1880, S.E. Abbr. jerry-shop.-
—7. A Jerry-builder: 1890 (SOD): >, ca. 1920, coll.—B. A recognition, discovery, ...
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
jerry-builder . 'A rascally speculating builder,' F. & H.: recorded in 1881 but arising
in Liverpool ca 1830. The vbl n.jerry-building occurs in a Liverpool paper of 1861.
jerry-built . Unsubstantial(ly built): 1883: coll. Daily Telegraph, 23 March 1883 ...
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Semi-Detached Empire: Suburbia and the Colonization of ...
As an imperial jerry builder, Almayer also represents a form of imperialism that is
inherently speculative. Indeed, given that the folly owes its existence to Almayer's
misguided speculations about housing British colonists, Conrad connects the ...
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
1892 Play title: The Jerry Builder Melford, Mark. 1893 Play title: Jerry Builder Bell,
Mrs. Hugh. 1931 "It's these jerry-building methods," sighed the Saint. (p. 11)
Charteris, Leslie. The Saint— Wanted for Murder. 1931. New York: Sun Dial
Press, ...
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
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The Cheap Cottage and Small House
The " Jerry Builder " When comparing the prices of houses, one should
remember that the " jerry builder " does not build in the hopes of a steady return
on his outlay. His object is to make a quick sale, so that the cost of the inevitable
repairs ...
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The Eternal Slum: Housing and Social Policy in Victorian London
Contemporary indictments of the jerry-builder suggest that the migrating
workman and his family were merely exchanging an old slum for a new one, or a
potential one. But like most things it was a question of relative standards.
Certainly the ...
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The Transactions of the Royal Institute of British ...
a beautiful vista as the eighth deadly sin. All this has to be altered. It is no good
our pitching into Mr. jerry Builder too much. Mr. Jerry Builder is creeping up. You
have only' to see the way in which a garden suburb is surrounded, whenever one
...
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Railways and the Western European Capitals
Building conditions and practices cannot always be documented precisely, but
some clues do exist.107 In his 1901 article, “The Jerry Builder Considered in
Relation to the Housing of the Poor,” E. Gwynn, Medical Officer of Health for ...
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
19c: from JEROBOAM. jerry2 /'d3en/ t> noun, colloq {jerries) 1 a jerry-builder. 2
as adj hastily made using poor materials. jerry-builder t> noun a person who puts
up flimsy buildings cheaply and quickly. • jerry-building noun. • jerry-built adj ...
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History of English Drama 1660-1900
700 Jerry-Builder Solness (Bell, Mrs H., 1893). V. 79, 256 Jerry's Wagers (
Haywell, F., 1874), V. 412 Jersey Girl (Pitt, G. D., 1835), 1v. 372 Jerusalem
Delivered = Crusaders Jesmond Dene (1892), v. 700 Jess (Lawrence, E. and
Bisgood, J. J., ...
