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makeshifty

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make⋅shift

  [meyk-shift]
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–noun
1. a temporary expedient or substitute: We used boxes as a makeshift while the kitchen chairs were being painted.
–adjective
2. Also, makeshifty. serving as, or of the nature of, a makeshift.
Origin:
1555–65; n., adj. use of v. phrase make shift

Synonyms:
1. make-do, contrivance, jury-rig. 2. emergency, temporary, improvised, jury, ersatz.
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Word Origin & History

makeshift 
1565, "shifty person, rogue," from make (v.) + shift. Sense of "substitute" (adj.) is first recorded 1683.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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