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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Saturday-night special</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="sanity-check.html" title="sanity check"/><link rel="next" href="say.html" title="say"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Saturday-night special</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sanity-check.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="say.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Saturday-night-special"/><dt xmlns="" id="Saturday-night-special"><b>Saturday-night special</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from police slang for a cheap handgun] A
<a href="../Q/quick-and-dirty.html"><i class="glossterm">quick-and-dirty</i></a> program or feature kluged together
during off hours, under a deadline, and in response to pressure from a
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unreliable, but all too often sneak into a production release after
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