patchwork quilt

Definitions

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. Something having a haphazard or disorganized structure; something composed of seemingly random parts.
   broadly, figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“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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