jerry
See also: Jerry
English edit
Pronunciation edit
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