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Noun: patchwork  'pach,wurk
  1. A theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas
    - hodgepodge [N. Amer, informal], jumble, hotchpotch
     
  2. A quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together
    - patchwork quilt
     
  3. Sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern

Derived forms: patchworks

Type of: comfort, comforter, puff, quilt, sewing, stitchery, theory

Encyclopedia: Patchwork

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