[ noun ] offensive term for a person of German descent <noun.person>
Jerry \Jer"ry\, a. Flimsy; jerry-built. -- {Jer"ry*ism}, n. [Both Builder's Cant] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
A group of 50 West German relief workers gathered Saturday night for hot spiced wine from jerry cans and Christmas Eve dinner.
If a station is caught hoarding or selling into jerry cans the military Task Force on Petroleum Products can close him down. The phone in his office rings.
The nearby military camp lies abandoned -a few empty cabins and a couple of jerry cans.