crazy quilt

noun

1. a patchwork quilt made of irregular patches combined with little or no regard to pattern.
2. something that is irregular in pattern or shape, and suggestive of a crazy quilt; patchwork.

crazy quilt

noun

1. a patchwork quilt made from assorted pieces of material of irregular shape, size, and colour

Other Words From

• crazy-quilt adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of crazy quilt¹

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Example Sentences

Historical photographs on view in the exhibition show a crazy quilt of painting and sculpture.

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Our attention was attracted to three or four windows that looked much like the crazy-quilt work that used to be in fashion.

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Above, in the lower lofts, every conceivable human oddity was assembled in a sort of mercantile crazy quilt.

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Instead, he lay beneath his grandmother's silk crazy-quilt and suffered.

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The German crazy-quilt, of many hues and colors, and how this blanket was patched and mended through the years.

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All it needed was a coat of paint or two, and it would look less like a crazy-quilt solidified into a homestead.

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