penny in the fusebox

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Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

penny in the fusebox

  1. (idiomatic, engineering) An improvised repair made with no regard for safety.
    The fix I made was just a penny in the fusebox; we need to revisit it and fix the problem for real.