makeshift
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Newer to authority than the superintendent of the dayshift, he was also of a more active temperament and much more self-assertive.
From The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow by Green, Anna Katharine
It was finally decided that when the hour came for the departure of the whole dayshift, he should take his stand where he could mark each employee as she filed out.
From The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow by Green, Anna Katharine
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