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Meanings of patchwork quilt in English

Catalan
flassada de retalls

A quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together.

flassada de retalls
Usage of patchwork quilt in English
1
They carried something on a board, covered with an old patchwork quilt.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863 / A Magazine...
2
The real question is whether the patchwork quilt of support will be enough.
The Guardian
3
The scary heap that resembles a patchwork quilt of iron was entirely crowd-sourced.
BBC
4
They held famine at bay with a patchwork quilt and a crazy washstand.
Mary, Mary
5
The pillow-case full, however, was never attempted, any more than the patchwork quilt.
A New England Girlhood, Outlined from Memory (Beverly, MA)
6
It's a patchwork quilt of an album, originally tracked at Roundhead in 2010.
Radio NZ
7
A faded patchwork quilt of carmine and teal squares covered her.
Dhampir
8
His flesh resembled a patchwork quilt, rendered in shades of black and blue.
The Wolf’s Hour
9
Another trial confronted me in the shape of an ideal but impossible patchwork quilt.
A New England Girlhood, Outlined from Memory (Beverly, MA)
10
Mr. Johnston slept in a four-poster, under a patchwork quilt that aroused poignant memories.
The Purple Heights
11
Some call it a crazy-quilt and some a patchwork quilt.
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
12
Two more steps and I could see long blond hair on a patchwork quilt.
Death du Jour
13
A patchwork quilt was not what Hayden had in mind.
The devil in the white city: murder, magic & madness and the fai...
14
In its 21st year the Guinness Jazz Festival in Cork remains a musical patchwork quilt.
The Irish Times
15
There was no blanket on the bed, only a sheet and a heavy patchwork quilt.
Two Summers in Guyenne: A Chronicle of the Wayside and Waterside
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Her warm little room, and neat possessions, patchwork quilt and people moving in the hall.
The ginger man
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