[Milsurplus] Jury Rig as nautical term, per Clete

[J. Forster]

There are certainly"Jerry Cans" that were often carried on the backs of
Jeeps and other vehicles.

My GUESS is the term Jury Rig became corrupted to Jerry Rig sometime
around WWII.

FWIW,

-John

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> de WB2CPN
> I thought "Jerry" was used for 5-gallon cans that
> gasoline or water was stored in.
> They were copied from the Germans in WWII.
> Trivia, but there are two different kinds of Jerry Cans.
> Theirs had a hinge kind of a thing to cover the spout.
> Ours had a large screw-on cover that needed a
> short flexible spout.
> On 5/24/2013 12:23 PM, J. Forster wrote:
>> Exactly the opposite, IMO.
>>
>> Jerry rig is a corruption of an olde naval term, Jury Rig..,  an
>> emergency
>> sail lashed together, using a boom as a mast, for something like a
>> lifeboat.
>>
>> YMMV,
>>
>> -John
>>
>> =================
>>
>>
>>
>>> Clete is correct, and I see now that I was mistaken when I said that
>>> jury
>>> rig is a corruption of Jerry rig.
>>>
>>> wikipedia has an enlightening entry on jury rig
>>>
>>> Thank you, Clete.
>>>
>>> RF
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