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makeshift |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Makeshift \Make"shift`\, n. That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient. --James Mill. I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift. --G. Eliot. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: makeshift adj : done or made using whatever is available; "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer" [syn: {improvised}, {jury-rigged}] n : something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency [syn: {stopgap}]
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