jackleg.
Amateur, untrained; incompetent.
Meaning & usage
Amateur, untrained; incompetent.
Dishonest, unscrupulous.
Ineptly built or operated; makeshift.
Where this word comes from
From jack + leg. Compare blackleg (“a person who replaces striking workers; a cheater”) and such expressions as jack of all trades, every man jack.
A type of drill operated by means of compressed air.
An amateur; an untrained or incompetent person.
A shyster or con artist; a gambler who cheats; a generally dishonest or reprehensible person.
Where this word comes from
From jack + leg. Compare blackleg (“a person who replaces striking workers; a cheater”) and such expressions as jack of all trades, every man jack.
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