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patchwork
('p/&//tS/,w/[@]/rk )

noun (n)

  • a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas(noun.cognition)
    Synonym:
    hodgepodge, jumble
    source: wordnet30
  • a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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