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Another term I am fond of for cheap, poor quality construction work is to call something a "cob-job" (from "to cobble", I assume). Cob-job also tends to be verbed, as in: "Boy, somebody really cobbed these cabinets in here."
Flatlander
ps. Anyone know what a "deadman" is in construction parlance? Answer will follow.
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