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Webster 1913 Edition
Patchwork
Patch′workˊ
,Noun.
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 or clumsily composed; a thing patched up.
Swift.
Webster 1828 Edition
Patchwork
PATCH'WORK
,Noun.
1.
Work composed of pieces clumsily put together.