Usually means: Efficient but potentially imprecise solution.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word quick-and-dirty:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. quick-and-dirty: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. quick-and-dirty: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. quick-and-dirty: Wiktionary
  4. quick-and-dirty: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. quick-and-dirty: Dictionary.com
  6. quick-and-dirty: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. quick-and-dirty: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. quick-and-dirty: Netlingo
  3. quick-and-dirty: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. quick-and-dirty: Medical dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. quick-and-dirty: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. quick-and-dirty: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (quick-and-dirty)

adjective:  (idiomatic) Done or constructed in a hasty, approximate, temporarily adequate manner, but not exact, fully formed, or reliable for a long period of time.
noun:  (US, slang) An inexpensive, inelegant eatery; a greasy spoon.
noun:  (idiomatic) A quick, temporary fix, estimate, or the like.

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