patchwork : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: patchwork	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for patchwork
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
patchwork n a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas Synonym(s): patchwork, hodgepodge, jumble a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together Synonym(s): patchwork, patchwork quilt sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Patchwork \Patch"work`\, n. 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.