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Why Are Haphazardly Built Things Called "Jury Rigged"? (2018x158)
Data de estreia: Jun 08, 2018
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While jury as a noun meaning a group of peers that decide the outcome of a legal proceeding has been in use English since the early 14th century, by the early 17th century, sailors had taken to using jury as an adjective that meant temporary / hastily contrived, first referring to jury-masts.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbridge_Gerry
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