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patchwork

[ pach-wurk ]

noun

  1. something made up of an incongruous variety of pieces or parts; hodgepodge:

    a patchwork of verse forms.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. work made of pieces of cloth or leather of various colors or shapes sewed together, used especially for covering quilts, cushions, etc.


adjective

  1. resembling a patchwork, especially in being makeshift, irregular, or improvised:

    a patchwork policy of dispensing foreign aid.

verb (used with object)

  1. to make as patchwork:

    She specializes in patchworking skirts.

  2. to assemble or connect in making patchwork:

    to patchwork neckties into bedspreads.

patchwork

/ ˈ±èæ³Ùʃˌ·Éɜ˰ì /

noun

  1. needlework done by sewing pieces of different materials together
  2. something, such as a theory, made up of various parts

    a patchwork of cribbed ideas

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of patchwork1

First recorded in 1685–95; patch 1 + work
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Poor infrastructure and a patchwork of civil conflicts are severely hampering the relief effort in Myanmar, where the military has a history of suppressing the scale of national disasters.

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The investigation revealed that ethnic armies and a patchwork of resistance groups now control 42% of the country's land mass, while much of the remaining area remains contested.

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“Oh my God. There are fans outside the window,†said the singer, who had a hoodie draped over his shoulders, barely covering his torso of patchwork tattoos.

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Some states, however, may step in, depending on how seriously they take consumer protection, creating a patchwork of regulations across the country.

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What emerges is a kind of patchwork quilt of food rules, stitched together from distant traditions, yet somehow never quite fitting.

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