Jury Rigged

Some bits were jury-rigged, including power meters bought at Home Depot. ❋ Keith Johnson (2011)

A subsequent investigation by Alaska state authorities found that a ruptured hydraulic oil hose was jury-rigged in a position that chafed against the turbine's hot engine. ❋ Abrahm Lustgarten (2010)

Such jury-rigged arrangements are necessary to deal with an unwieldy coalition where jobs are awarded based on nationality and not merit. ❋ Max Boot (2012)

When SABMiller arrived two years ago, assembly lines were jury-rigged, stock was kept in cages to prevent theft and half-century-old records were stacked in outhouses. ❋ Peter Wonacott (2011)

Some of it - no lie - was built prior to the 1889 downtown fire and has since been modified and jury-rigged to work with other systems. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The other figure was female, decked in bluish body armor that looked jury-rigged, as if she changed its dimensions constantly. ❋ J. Robert King (2011)

He got some scrap metal and jury-rigged protective sleeves around the young trees. ❋ Matt Moffett (2011)

All patched up and jury-rigged and decaying while you watch. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Companies involved in bringing the plant under control describe, with previously undisclosed details, their work in a science-fiction landscape where jury-rigged robots survey forbidden zones and hazardous pools, and workers shrouded a blown-out reactor building with a covering that they maneuvered into place using electric fans and then fit together like Lego blocks. ❋ Phred Dvorak (2011)

When I was last in Cuba, I was appalled by the level of poverty: overcrowded houses jury-rigged with makeshift additional floors a mere three feet in height, teenagers selling themselves for sex because their ration books are grossly inadequate, malnourished children in the streets with swollen bellies. ❋ Thor Halvorssen (2011)

You might want to check with the Muhajadeen for advice on what happens when you try to take on the U.S. military using only personal firearms and jury-rigged explosives. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Al Hicks jury-rigged a pulley system; Hicks pulled until Harder was suspended about 50 feet in the air and could replace the gold ball. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When they became too raucous, and started tearing apart their jury-rigged indoor cardboard nest, we built a coop in the yard. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They jury-rigged the ventilation system in the mine because it was broken. ❋ Unknown (2010)

His boss was mad because someone [jury] [rigged] the [siren]. ❋ Light Joker (2005)

❋ Damn Proud To Be An American (2003)

The jury-rigged (not [jerry-rigged]) [contraption] made do [for now]. (jerry-rig - it's not accurate The actual term is jury-rig) ❋ Jahli (2011)