jerry
/ˈdʒɛri/
noun
- A short, informal name for a chamber pot (a portable toilet).
- The antique shop sold a porcelain jerry with a floral pattern.
- Before indoor plumbing, every bedroom had a jerry for emergencies.
- In old houses, people kept a jerry under the bed for nighttime use.
- A cheap, poorly made item; something of low quality (often used in the phrase 'jerry-built').
- They called the shed a jerry because it fell apart in the first rain.
- Don't buy that jerry; it's not worth the money.
- That table is a jerry — it wobbles after just a week.