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makeshift
make·shift [ máyk shìft ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
substituting: providing a temporary and usually inferior substitute


noun 
Definition:
 
substitute: a temporary and usually inferior substitute
[Mid-16th century. < to make shift "try all means"]
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