jackleg[adjective]Synonyms: amateurish, dabbling, dilettante, dilettantish, dilettantist, unaccomplished, unfinished, ungifted, unskilled
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jackleg noun1 & adjective.
['dʒaklɛg] 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
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