jackleg

[jak-leg]

jack·leg

[jak-leg] Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.
adjective
1.
unskilled or untrained for one's work; amateur: a jackleg electrician.
2.
unscrupulous or without the accepted standards of one's profession: a jackleg lawyer.
3.
makeshift; temporary.
noun
4.
an unskilled or unscrupulous itinerant worker or practitioner.

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Jackleg is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

Origin:
1840–50, Americanism; perhaps jack1 + (black)leg
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