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jury-rigged
Chiefly nautical set up in a makeshift manner, usually as a result of the loss of regular gear
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Typical general-use beach cam don't have them, though you could
jury-rig a few.
Despite the limited power causing loss of cabin heat, shortage of potable water, and the critical need to
jury-rig the carbon dioxide removal system, the crew returned safely to Earth on April 17, and the mission was termed a "successful failure".
These guys had to
jury-rig one esoteric corporate bond insurance product to make it applicable to a very different type of credit risk--and then convince someone to sell them the policies.
We wanted so badly to keep bees in Pittsburgh and tried to
jury-rig all kinds of solutions for our townhouse but were met with a whole host of issues," Meredith says.
We did have to
jury-rig some curved sections of plastic drainpipe on the corners because our array of aging horses found those edges a perfect place for rubbing their big butts.
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