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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Patchwork \Patch"work'\, noun 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) 2.0 [wn]:
patchwork
noun
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
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "patchwork": all sorts, assemblage, assortment, broad spectrum, check, checker, checkerboard, checkerwork, chessboard, colors in patches, confusion, conglomeration, crazy quilt, crazy-work, gallimaufry, harlequin, hash, hodgepodge, hotchpot, hotchpotch, jumble, magpie, marquetry, mash, medley, melange, mess, mingle-mangle, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, mixture, mosaic, odds and ends, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, parquet, parquetry, pasticcio, pastiche, plaid, potpourri, salad, salmagundi, sauce, scramble, stew, tartan, tessellation, tesserae, variegated pattern, what you will
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