Hypertext Webster Gateway: "makeshift"
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) 1.7 (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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