jerry
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See also: Jerry
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɛɹi/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Etymology 1
[edit]Probably an abbreviation of jeroboam.
Noun
[edit]jerry (plural jerries)
- (British, slang) A chamber pot.
- 1976, Angela Carter, “The Mother Lode”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 3:
- We used chamber-pots a good deal – ‘jerries’ – cause of much hilarity doe to the hostilities.
Synonyms
[edit]- (chamber pot) See Thesaurus:chamber pot
Etymology 2
[edit]Short for jerry-built.
Adjective
[edit]jerry (not comparable)
- (dated) Jerry-built.
- 1889, Alfred Thomas Story, A book of vagrom men and vagrant thoughts, page 57:
- If a man builds a jerry-house, he has a jerry conscience; and there are a lot of consciences of that description going about.
Etymology 3
[edit]Alternative forms.
Noun
[edit]jerry (plural jerries)
- (ethnic slur) Alternative letter-case form of Jerry: a German.
Synonyms
[edit]- (a German) See German
See also
[edit]possibly etymologically related