patchwork
sustantivo C1En español: almazuela
- A work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.
- Any kind of creation that makes use of many different aspects to create one whole piece. · Bill took all of his poetry and put it together in a folder. It made up a patchwork of his life.
- A state of regulations whose constituents have an opaque scope of application because of their questionable delimitation with regard to each other.
Plural patchworks
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“I do _not_ like patchwork,” said Anne dolefully, hunting out her workbasket and sitting down before a little heap of red and white diamonds with a sigh.
“I think some kinds of sewing would be nice; but there’s no scope for imagination in patchwork.
But of course I’d rather be Anne of Green Gables sewing patchwork than Anne of any other place with nothing to do but play.
THE next afternoon Anne, bending over her patchwork at the kitchen window, happened to glance out and beheld Diana down by the Dryad’s Bubble beckoning mysteriously.
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