Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Probably an abbreviation of jeroboam.
We used chamber-pots a good deal – ‘jerries’ – cause of much hilarity doe to the hostilities.1976, Angela Carter, “The Mother Lode”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 3:
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chamber pot (chamber pot)
Short for jerrybuild or jerry-built.
If a man builds a jerry-house, he has a jerry conscience; and there are a lot of consciences of that description going about.1889, Alfred Thomas Story, A book of vagrom men and vagrant thoughts, page 57:
Short for jerrybuild or jerry-built.
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| jerried | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| jerried | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| jerrying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| jerries | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Alternative forms.
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| jerries | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
German (a German)
Watch stealing, or jerry getting, as the thieving fraternity designate the operation, is carried on to a considerable extent all the year round.1883 November 17, Tit-Bits:
R. Austin Freeman, A Savant's Vendetta 'Do you know a jerry when you sees one — a red 'un, mind you?' […] The fellow looked furtively at the door and then, diving into an inner pocket, pulled out a handsome gold watch with a massive chain attached, exhibited it for a moment and then dropped it back.
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| jerries | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
jerry-rig (possibly etymologically related) · jerry-sneak (possibly etymologically related) · jerry can (possibly etymologically related) · jerry-shop (possibly etymologically related) · jerry built (possibly etymologically related) · jerry-rigged (possibly etymologically related) · jerry-builder (possibly etymologically related) · jerrycummumble (possibly etymologically related) · jerry-can (possibly etymologically related) · jerry-building (possibly etymologically related) · jerry to (possibly etymologically related) · jerry curl (possibly etymologically related) · jerry-lord (possibly etymologically related) · jerrymumble (possibly etymologically related) · jerry-build (possibly etymologically related)