patch quilt
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“There is this ugly irony … that the Ghost Ship was called a ship, but what it was basically was a chaotic patch quilt of businesses, human relations, tenancies, friendships,” Weisberg said.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2019
The neighborhood looked like a patch quilt of destruction.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2018
Oregon, we hear, is prepared to answer Sarkisian's perceived insult by running into Autzen Stadium wearing a patch quilt of all 8,000 of its uniform combinations.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2015
But have you among your treasures a patch quilt?
From Quilts Their Story and How to Make Them by Webster, Marie D. (Marie Daugherty)
Pretty chintz curtains hung at the window, and a patch quilt of more colors than were in Joseph's coat covered the little truckle-bed.
From The Story of a Bad Boy by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
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