Green’s Dictionary of Slang

used of any kind of instant remedy, poss. not the best one for long-term dependence.

1977		Science News 24 Dec. 438: [He] concluded that any country with access to spent fuel could build a ‘quick and dirty’ reprocessing plant to produce bomb-grade plutonium.
1997		Simon & Burns Corner (1998) 161: More prisons is the impulse answer, the quick-and-dirty response of so many hack politicians and talk-show hosts.
2002		Simon & Burns ‘The Target’ Wire ep. 1 [TV script] Buy-bust. Quick and dirty.