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Makeshift (A)

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A temporary arrangement during an emergency; a device. (The Anglo-Saxon seyft means a division, hence a device.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Make away with (To)
Make away with Oneself (To)
Make Bricks without Straw (To)
Make Eyes at (To)
Make Mountains of Molehills (To)
Make one’s Bread (To)
Make the Door (To)
Make the Ice (To)
Make-wage
Make-weight
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