There is too much "jerry-building" to-day, both in houses and books.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman] Reference

We hope that the effect of this statement may not be to encourage jerry-building.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, May 6, 1914] Reference

At Peterborough, no less than at York, instances have been discovered of what would, in these days, be called jerry-building.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See] Reference

Scottish master of jerry-building and of "plinths," the atmosphere was truly Scots, tea-coseys and all, while the reminiscences of Paris and.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25)] Reference

It is curious, also, that these very builders who were so daring and so profuse of ornament, were often very careless in matters of structure, and at times were even guilty of something very like jerry-building, as the account of the restoration of the south transept will show.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See] Reference

No jerry-building here.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea] Reference

"jerry-building?".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Common Sense of Socialism A Series of Letters Addressed to Jonathan Edwards, of Pittsburg] Reference

'jerry-building.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V)] Reference

Height and jerry-building, 11-13.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Battle with the Slum] Reference