quick-and-dirty en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
The Oxford English Dictionary shows the first usage of this phrase in 1896 in the Boston Globe to describe a place to eat. The first use meaning "slipshod" was from 1939 in the gun-slinging, American Western fiction paperback, "Bounty Guns" by Luke Short.
Meanings
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(idiomatic) Done or constructed in a hasty, approximate, temporarily adequate manner, but not exact, fully formed, or reliable for a long period of time.
I can do a quick-and-dirty market analysis in time for the meeting tomorrow.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| quick and dirty | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most quick-and-dirty | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more quick-and-dirty | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (8)
ru на скорую руку (hasty, approximate, temporarily adequate) · fr quick-and-dirty (hasty, approximate, temporarily adequate) · es cutre (hasty, approximate, temporarily adequate) · pl zgrubny (hasty, approximate, temporarily adequate) · ru халтурный (hasty, approximate, temporarily adequate) · ru из говна́ и па́лок (hasty, approximate, temporarily adequate) · ru на коленке (hasty, approximate, temporarily adequate) · ru грубый (hasty, approximate, temporarily adequate)