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1 patchwork
noun (cloth made by sewing small pieces of material together: a skirt made of patchwork; (also adjective) a patchwork quilt.) labor de retazos/retalestr['pæʧwɜːk]1 labor nombre femenino de retales2 figurative use (of fields) mosaico1 de retalespatchwork ['pæʧ.wərk] n: labor f de retazosn.• chapucería s.f.• mezcolanza s.f.• remiendo s.m.'pætʃwɜːrk, 'pætʃwɜːka) u ( craft) patchwork m, labor f de retazos or (Esp) retales; (before n) < quilt> de patchwork, de retazos or (Esp) retalesb) c ( medley)['pætʃwɜːk]1. N1) labor f de retazos, arpillería f (LAm)2) (fig)their policy is a patchwork of half-measures — su política es un conjunto fragmentario de medias tintas
2.CPDpatchwork quilt N — edredón m de retazos multicolores
* * *['pætʃwɜːrk, 'pætʃwɜːk]a) u ( craft) patchwork m, labor f de retazos or (Esp) retales; (before n) < quilt> de patchwork, de retazos or (Esp) retalesb) c ( medley)
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