- jackleg⇄adj. 1. not skilled or professional; amateur.
Ex. a jackleg logger, a jackleg carpenter.
2. using questionable or dishonest practices; unscrupulous.
Ex. a jackleg lawyer.
3. temporary; makeshift.
Ex. a jackleg platform. - jackleg⇄jackleg (1), adjective, noun.
(U.S.) - jackleg⇄jackleg (2), noun.
a device on which a jackhammer is mounted to keep it in line with the advancing hole. - jackleg⇄noun a jackleg person or thing.