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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Stop-gap n. That which closes or fills up an opening or gap; hence, a temporary expedient.
    Moral prejudices are the stop-gaps of virtue.   --Hare.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 stopgap
      n : something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
          [syn: makeshift]