Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Patchwork"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Patchwork \Patch"work`\, n.
Work composed of pieces sewed together, esp. pieces of
various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of
incongruous or ill-adapted parts; something irregularly
clumsily composed; a thing putched up. --Swift.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
patchwork
n 1: a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous
ideas [syn: {hodgepodge}, {jumble}]
2: a quilt made by sew patches of different materials together
[syn: {patchwork quilt}]
3: sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn
together in a pattern
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