band-aid

band-aid englanniksi

1. An adhesive bandage, a small piece of fabric or plastic that may be stuck to the skin in order to temporarily cover a small wound.

2. A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, created hoc and often with a lack of foresight. (defdate)

3. 1968, ''United Church Observer'', n 15 (March), p 36:

It was another of those political band-aids patted over a minor sore.

4. To apply an adhesive bandage.

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5. To apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig.

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