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Definition of "makeshifts" [makeshifts]

  • Plural form of makeshift. (noun)

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Use "makeshifts" in a sentence
  • ""Well, it must be so," returned Captain Carbonel, "but I hate the idea of makeshifts and having imperfections concealed.""
  • "One camp in Ocean County, New Jersey consists of around 50 people living in tents, huts and other makeshifts shelters, The Daily Mail reports."
  • "He knew just how expensive Mary's clothes were, yet he could not blind himself to the fact that Polly's vagabond makeshifts, cheap and apparently haphazard, were always all right and far more successful."