jackleg

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Amateur, untrained; incompetent.
2. adjective Dishonest, unscrupulous.
3. adjective Ineptly built or operated; makeshift.
4. noun A type of drill operated by means of compressed air.
5. noun An amateur; an untrained or incompetent person.
6. noun A shyster or con artist; a gambler who cheats; a generally dishonest or reprehensible person.

Similar words

jacklegged janky jackassed raggedy-ass patzerish jank jocklike schwag bush league hammy

Often followed by

preacher preachers novelist lawyer carpenter drills lawyers

Word family

jacklegs