crazy quilt
Americannoun
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a patchwork quilt made of irregular patches combined with little or no regard to pattern.
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something that is irregular in pattern or shape, and suggestive of a crazy quilt; patchwork.
noun
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- crazy-quilt adjective
Etymology
Origin of crazy quilt
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Rounding out this crazy quilt of strained, intersecting story strands and blunt coincidences is a subplot that eventually becomes the main one.
From Los Angeles Times
Over many years, as it grew into one of the city’s tent-pole institutions, the museum accreted some two dozen buildings in different historical styles, increasingly pieced together like a crazy quilt.
From New York Times
“The Georgia statute kicks it to the school districts to develop their own policies, and we are seeing a crazy quilt,” Weber said.
From Washington Post
Even so, this is an irresistible crazy quilt of Western history.
From Los Angeles Times
That included consolidating what she called a “crazy quilt” of pre-K programs under the Department of Education, shifting 100 staffers from the Department of Social Services.
From Washington Post
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