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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

makeshift

/(māk"shĭft`)/ · make·shift · IPA /ˈmeɪkˌʃɪft/
01 n. That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient, with implication of inferiority to the more usual object or means.
  1. 1.
    That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient, with implication of inferiority to the more usual object or means.
    “I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift.” G. Eliot.