patchwork quilt

noun

1
: a quilt made of patchwork
2

Examples of patchwork quilt in a Sentence

the essay isn't so much a cogent argument as a patchwork quilt of the writer's random musings
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Visitors snap photos of patchwork quilts and rocking chairs. Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2024 The domestic diva is also marking the holidays with a new collection for JCPenney that includes a patchwork quilt, kitchen and dinnerware and bath products, sold both in-store and online. Erin Clements, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024 Motivating soldiers in this patchwork quilt, especially given their limited training time, will be difficult. Jason Lyall, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2022 However, that number is augmented by a patchwork quilt of other offsets and exemptions available to productions in various specific jurisdictions in the Empire State. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for patchwork quilt 

Word History

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of patchwork quilt was in 1840

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“Patchwork quilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patchwork%20quilt. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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