quick-and-dirty

Meaning

Adj

Done or constructed in a hasty, approximate, temporarily adequate manner, but not exact, fully formed, or reliable for a long period of time.

Noun

1. (US, slang) An inexpensive, inelegant eatery; a greasy spoon.
2. (idiomatic) A quick, temporary fix, estimate, or the like.

Synonyms

ballpark

Translations

aproximat

angleichend

annähernd

approximativ

approximant

approximatif

approssimato

approssimativo

aproximativo

aproximativa

aproximada

tahmini

Etymology

The Oxford English Dictionary shows the first usage of this phrase in 1896 in the Boston Globe to describe a place to eat. The first use meaning "slipshod" was from 1939 in the gun-slinging, American Western fiction paperback, "Bounty Guns" by Luke Short.