Cruft Together Vt. (also `cruft Up') To Throw Together Something Ugly But Temporarily Workable.

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cruft together vt.

(also `cruft up') To throw together
something ugly but temporarily workable. Like vt. kluge up,
but more pejorative. "There isn't any program now to reverse all
the lines of a file, but I can probably cruft one together in about
10 minutes." See hack together, hack up,
crufty.

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