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Noun
makeshift
#A temporary, usually insubstantial, substitution for something else.
#:"I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift."— G. Eliot.
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trans-top|A temporary, usually insubstantial, substitution for something else
Finnish: hätävara
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makeshift
#Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.
#:They used the ledge and a few branches for a makeshift shelter.
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trans-top|Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted
Finnish: hätävara-, tilapäis-
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