[meyk-doo] 
noun, plural -dos, adjective | 1. | something that serves as a substitute, esp. of an inferior or expedient nature: We had to get along with make-dos during the war. |
| 2. | used as a substitute; makeshift: make-do curtains. |
| make-do (māk'dōō') n. pl. make-dos or make-do's (-dōōz') A substitute for something unobtainable at the time; a makeshift. make'-do' adj. |