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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>quick-and-dirty</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../Q.html" title="Q"/><link rel="previous" href="ques.html" title="ques"/><link rel="next" href="quine.html" title="quine"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">quick-and-dirty</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ques.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Q</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="quine.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="quick-and-dirty"/><dt xmlns="" id="quick-and-dirty"><b>quick-and-dirty</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [common] Describes a <a href="../C/crock.html"><i class="glossterm">crock</i></a> put together under
time or user pressure. Used esp. when you want to convey that you think
the fast way might lead to trouble further down the road. &#8220;<span class="quote">I can
have a quick-and-dirty fix in place tonight, but I'll have to rewrite the
whole module to solve the underlying design problem.</span>&#8221; See also
<a href="../K/kluge.html"><i class="glossterm">kluge</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ques.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../Q.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="quine.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">ques </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> quine</td></tr></table></div></body></html>