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patchwork
detail of a patchwork quilt
patch·work  audio  (pchwûrk) KEY 

NOUN:
  1. Needlework consisting of varicolored patches of material sewn together, as in a quilt.
  2. A collection of miscellaneous or incongruous parts; a jumble.



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