patchwork quilt

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patchwork quilt

noun patchwork quilts

  1. literally A decorative quilt made of pieces of cloth having diverse sizes, colors, and shapes, sewn together either to form a regular pattern or in a deliberately mismatched fashion without a pattern.
  2. broadly, figuratively Something having a haphazard or disorganized structure; something composed of seemingly random parts. Despite a patchwork quilt of aid that includes scholarships, loans and an on-campus job, Kenner's father, a train conductor, must now pay $6,000 out of pocket to send his daughter to school.

    Similar: hodgepodge, jumble

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noun decorative quilt

Españolcolcha de parches
DeutschPatchworkdecke

noun disorganized structure

DeutschFlickenteppich, Sammelsurium

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@misc{patchwork_quilt_2026,
  title = {patchwork quilt},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/patchwork%20quilt},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}