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stop-gap
CIDE DICTIONARY
stop-gap, n.
That which closes or fills up an opening or gap; hence, a temporary expedient. [1913 Webster]
"Moral prejudices are the stop-gaps of virtue."
[1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
stop-gap
Stopper
N stopper, stopple, plug, cork, bung, spike, spill, stopcock, tap, rammer, ram, ramrod, piston, stop-gap, wadding, stuffing, padding, stopping, dossil, pledget, tompion, tourniquet, cover, valve, vent peg, spigot, slide valve, janitor, doorkeeper, porter, warder, beadle, cerberus, ostiary.
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