GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   makeshift (mākˈshĭftˌ), n. That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient, with implication of inferiority to the more usual object or means.  James Mill.
   
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   I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift. G. Eliot.
   
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