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Synonyms
- agglomerate
- agglomeration
- alphabet soup
- assortment
- botch
- clutter
- collage
- crazy quilt
- farrago
- gallimaufry
- grab bag
- gumbo
- hash
- hodgepodge
- hotchpotch
- jambalaya
- jumble
- jungle
- litter
- macédoine
- medley
- mélange
- menagerie
- miscellanea
- miscellany
- mishmash
- mixed bag
- montage
- motley
- muddle
- olio
- olla podrida
- omnium-gatherum
- pastiche
- patchwork
- potpourri
- ragbag
- ragout
- rummage
- salad
- salmagundi
- scramble
- shuffle
- smorgasbord
- stew
- tumble
- variety
- welter
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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Motivating soldiers in this patchwork quilt, especially given their limited training time, will be difficult.
—Jason Lyall, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2022
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—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2024
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—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Patchwork quilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patchwork%20quilt. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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