crazy quilt
a patchwork quilt made of irregular patches combined with little or no regard to pattern.
something that is irregular in pattern or shape, and suggestive of a crazy quilt; patchwork.
Origin of crazy quilt
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- crazy-quilt, adjective
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How to use crazy quilt in a sentence
Historical photographs on view in the exhibition show a crazy quilt of painting and sculpture.
The Most Wanted Warhol: A Scandal at the 1964 World’s Fair | Jessica Dawson | April 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOur attention was attracted to three or four windows that looked much like the crazy-quilt work that used to be in fashion.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyAbove, in the lower lofts, every conceivable human oddity was assembled in a sort of mercantile crazy quilt.
The Woman Gives | Owen JohnsonInstead, he lay beneath his grandmother's silk crazy-quilt and suffered.
The Pride of Palomar | Peter B. KyneThe German crazy-quilt, of many hues and colors, and how this blanket was patched and mended through the years.
Blood and Iron | John Hubert Greusel
All it needed was a coat of paint or two, and it would look less like a crazy-quilt solidified into a homestead.
The Prairie Wife | Arthur Stringer
British Dictionary definitions for crazy quilt
a patchwork quilt made from assorted pieces of material of irregular shape, size, and colour
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