makeshift

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.

   And I am not a model clergyman—only a decent makeshift.

2. 2
   adj

   Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.

   They used the ledge and a few branches for a makeshift shelter.

Deverbal from make shift. First appears c. 1554, in the publications of H. Hilarie.

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