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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Makeshift

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

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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