jerry-builder

1. 1.

   someone who builds cheap buildings out of poor materials on speculation for a quick profit

   Broaderbuilder

Questions about jerry-builder

What does jerry-builder mean?

jerry-builder means "someone who builds cheap buildings out of poor materials on speculation for a quick profit".

How many syllables are in jerry-builder?

jerry-builder has 5 syllables and divides as jer-ry--bu-il-der under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is jerry-builder a common word?

jerry-builder is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.