jackleg
/jak-leg/US // ˈdʒækˌlɛg //
大腿,千斤顶,大脚板,大脚怪
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : unskilled or untrained for one's work; amateur: a jackleg electrician.
- : unscrupulous or without the accepted standards of one's profession: a jackleg lawyer.
- : makeshift; temporary.
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : an unskilled or unscrupulous itinerant worker or practitioner.
Examples
I flagged him back a piece and told him the Jackleg was there.
Out there in the sunshine the Jackleg looked the part, so I wondered how we come to be faked by him.
I reports an' asks instructions as to the best way of disposin' of Mr. Jackleg's remains.
This was so at Jackleg, but it gave a long vista of Main Street from the heart of the town to its outlying suburbs.
This train that was stopping to cast loose the special car at Jackleg was the last to stop at that station at night.
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