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jackleg (iou)



jackleg noun1 & adjective. US colloq. & dial. M19.
[from JACK noun1 + LEG noun.]
(A person who is) incompetent, unskilled, unscrupulous, or dishonest.
S. King Even a jackleg carpenter like Vic Palfrey could..build better than that. D. Pinckney He was a cut above the usual jackleg bible thumpers who cried out every Saturday night.
jacklegged adjective incompetent, unskilled, unscrupulous, dishonest M19.