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patchwork quilts

patchwork quilts is the plural of patchwork quilt.

Meaning of patchwork quilt

Noun

patchwork quilt (plural 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.1989 September 25, Susan Tifft et al., “Sticker Shock at the Ivory Tower”, in Time
    Synonyms:
    hodgepodge, jumble

Questions about patchwork quilts

What is patchwork quilts the plural of?
Patchwork quilts is the plural of patchwork quilt.

Words near patchwork quilts in the dictionary

  1. patchwork
  2. patchwork families
  3. patchwork family
  4. patchwork plagiarism
  5. patchwork quilt
  6. patchwork quilts
  7. patchwork ruler
  8. patchwork rulers
  9. patchworked
  10. patchworking
  11. patchworks

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