In New York, he had been an absent father and abusive husband who worked erratically at makeshift jobs.
Other qualities that particularly engage me are his love of the underdog and the marginalized (drifters; people working menial, makeshift jobs; porn stars) and his obsession with courage.
He received a payoff of £900 and no pension, forcing him to work at various makeshift jobs until he was 74.
He doesn't greatly care for it, but then he didn't greatly care for his career at the hated BBC, which foundered because of his propensity for playing too much mournful music on Radio 3, nor for his subsequent makeshift jobs as a removal man, shoe salesman or sash-window replacer.
Combine the ideas of tape, glasses and nerds, and most people come up with a makeshift repair job resulting from bullying.
The makeshift boob job is quickly forgotten as she starts singing the melody.
Their card and the sense of identity it confers allows them at least a partial entry into the mainstream of the United States, a sense of security above the underground of menial jobs and makeshift communities.
In what appears to be an effort to discourage refugees from settling — driving up rents and competing for jobs — fences surround some makeshift camps just across the border in Lebanon.
Al Pacino and Lilu did a phenomenal job at setting up a makeshift area for where they would cook us dinner.
"Emmaus," a big picture, would have been larger, but the old painting, on its original stretchers, that van Meegeren bought for the job wouldn't fit in his makeshift oven.
