Usually means: Incompetent or unskilled, often makeshift.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. jackleg: Merriam-Webster
  2. jackleg: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. jackleg: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. jackleg: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Jackleg, jackleg: Wordnik
  6. jackleg: Wiktionary
  7. jackleg: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. jackleg: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. jackleg: Dictionary.com
  10. Jackleg: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. jackleg: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  12. Jackleg: The Word Detective
  13. jackleg: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. jackleg: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. jackleg, jackleg, jackleg: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. jackleg: Urban Dictionary

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  1. Glossary of Coal Mining Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (jackleg)

adjective:  (US) Amateur, untrained; incompetent.
adjective:  (US) Dishonest, unscrupulous.
adjective:  (US) Ineptly built or operated; makeshift.
noun:  A type of drill operated by means of compressed air.
noun:  (US) An amateur; an untrained or incompetent person.
noun:  (US) A shyster or con artist; a gambler who cheats; a generally dishonest or reprehensible person.

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