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Patchwork quilt

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Noun
  1. 1
    A decorative quilt made of pieces of cloth having diverse sizes, colors, and shapes, sewn together either to form a regular pattern or in a deliberately mismatched fashion without a pattern. literally
  2. 2
    a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together wordnet
  3. 3
    Something having a haphazard or disorganized structure; something composed of seemingly random parts. broadly, figuratively

    "Despite a patchwork quilt of aid that includes scholarships, loans and an on-campus job, Kenner's father, a train conductor, must now pay $6,000 out of pocket to send his daughter to school."

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