He closed his right hand into a fist and slipped the quarters between his fingers, creating a makeshift set of brass knuckles.

Down agreed to do some stunts herself and was placed in a makeshift set of rubble and timber.

Equipped with a telephoto lens, the camera served as a makeshift set of binoculars, and he'd been watching Mike and Julie since they'd come home that evening.

Towards the end of their operational life, the Blue Pullmans were operated as three makeshift sets formed from various original cars to maintain a working service.

Each had a makeshift wooden set of steps next to it and was covered by an ill-fitting toilet seat.

IN a cramped apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, members of a tiny film crew were busy transforming a cluttered living room into a makeshift set.

Mr. Carter deployed his tie as a makeshift set of handcuffs.

Segments of plays unfolded on small, makeshift sets that created no sense within the theater of the work's texture.

Her father delighted in building makeshift sets, and the discipline of Irina's training brought a semblance of order to the family's otherwise haphazard existence.

Carol, the supermarket manager (played by performance artist Scottee) takes audiences through a warren of makeshift sets to experience wierd and wonderful characters and situations.