MAKESHIFT
ADJECTIVES
► HAYWIRE inadequately equipped, inefficient, makeshift → 1905 Amer. sl. esp. logging
► JACKLEG thrown-together, shoddy, makeshift → 1914 US sl.
► JACK-LEGGED thrown-together, makeshift → 20C US sl.
► JAKELEG thrown-together, makeshift → 20C US sl.
► JURY temporary, makeshift → 1821
► MEXICAN cheap, inferior; makeshift; bogus, illegal → 1912 Amer. dial., derogatory
► NIGGER cheap; inferior; makeshift → 1942 Amer. sl., derogatory
► NIGGER-RIGGED makeshift; poorly constructed → 1965 Amer. dial., derogatory
► OFF-PUT temporary, makeshift → 1927 Sc.
► POOR BOY cheap, makeshift, improvised → 1950 Amer. dial.
► RIGGED UP constructed or put together hastily or as a makeshift → 1883
► SCAMBLING hasty, careless; makeshift; untidy → 1790 Eng. dial.
► SNAPPER-RIGGED improvised; repaired in a makeshift fashion → 2002 Can sl., orig. nautical
NOUNS
► BEWITH a temporary substitute, a makeshift → 1724 Sc.
► BODGE-UP a makeshift repair; a ramshackle construction → 2007 UK sl. (Bk.)
► JOE MCGEE any makeshift item → 1943 Amer. dial.
► OFF-PUT a makeshift, esp. a hasty meal → 1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RATTLE-TRAP a worn-out, rickety vehicle; anything old and dilapidated; a makeshift contrivance → 1888 Eng. dial.
► SIWASH OUTFIT an enterprise, such as a logging operation or ranch, that operates in a makeshift way → 1930 Amer. dial.
VERBS
► POOR BOY to make or repair in a hand-to-mouth or makeshift manner → 1979 Amer. dial.
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