houtje-touwtje

Dutch

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Adjective

houtje-touwtje (not comparable)

  1. (informal) improvised, makeshift, make-do
    Zijn oplossing was nogal houtje-touwtje, maar het volstond. ― His solution was rather make-do, but it sufficed.
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