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Meanings of jerry-builder in inglés

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Usage of jerry-builder in inglés
1
Ingolby is a builder, perhaps a jerry-builder; but he builds.
The World for Sale, Volume 1.
2
I have not made speculative purchases of land, I am not booming a generous jerry-builder.
Without Prejudice
3
Hurry up the architect and the jerry-builder!'
The Man
4
He had begun life as a small jerry-builder at Golder's Green, and had ended it a millionaire and a knight.
Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo
5
Happy are they if they can find a piece of land marked for sale, where the jerry-builder has not yet commenced a suburban slum.
London's Underworld
6
They are jerry-builders who can fashion a toy, but nothing that is durable.
Poor Folk
7
They thought of the Town Council as a kind of Paradise reserved exclusively for jerry-builders and successful tradesmen.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Jerry-builder through the time