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jury-rigged
(jury-rigged)
adjective
(of a ship) having temporary makeshift rigging.
chiefly
North American
makeshift; improvised:
jury-rigged classrooms in gymnasiums
Origin:
late 18th century
:
jury
perhaps based on Old French
ajurie
'aid'
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