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crazy quilt
noun
- 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.
crazy quilt
noun
- a patchwork quilt made from assorted pieces of material of irregular shape, size, and colour
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- crazy-quilt adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of crazy quilt1
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
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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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