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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
jury-rig .
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Examples
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With the environment under threat, and the so-called "experts" failing to come up with a solution, the President makes a wild call, and a rag-tag band of mavericks steps up to the plate and jury-rigs a solution that saves the day . . .
Somewhere Clint Eastwood Is Smiling Walter Jon Williams 2010
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Until the slowboats themselves were part of the structure of the Hospital, and the interiors of the lifesystems were a maze of ladders and jury-rigs.
A Gift From Earth Niven, Larry 1968
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Until the slowboats themselves were part of the structure of the Hospital, and the interiors of the lifesystems were a maze of ladders and jury-rigs.
A Gift From Earth Niven, Larry 1968
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The irony of telling the girl how dumb this is isn't lost on Nurse Jackie, who jury-rigs an eye pencil / chewed-gum device to rescue her own last pill.
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The irony of telling the girl how dumb this is isn't lost on Nurse Jackie, who jury-rigs an eye pencil/chewed-gum device to rescue her own last pill.
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It reminds me of some of my SCSI connection jury-rigs back in the day, but without the termination hassles or the need to shut down for cabling connection and disconnection.
Low End Mac 2008
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