jerry

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛɹi/

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Probably an abbreviation of jeroboam.

jerry (plural jerries)

1. (UK, Ireland, 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.

• (chamber pot) See Thesaurus:chamber pot

Short for jerry-built.

jerry (not comparable)

1. (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.

Alternative forms.

jerry (plural jerries)

1. (ethnic slur) Alternative letter-case form of Jerry (“a German”).

• (a German) See German

jerry (plural jerries)

1. (UK, thieves' cant, obsolete) A watch (timepiece).
   • 1883 November 17, Tit-Bits:

     Watch stealing, or jerry getting, as the thieving fraternity designate the operation, is carried on to a considerable extent all the year round.

   • 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.