My dictionary gives the patchwork poetry as the firtst meaning, but also gives
a second meaning as any pathchwork. I'm surprised that it is not commonly used
I can remember when some auto rebuilders used to put together cars with bocy
parts from several different makes.

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n.,
pl. 3tos 5L, patchwork blanket < IE base *kentho3, rags > Sans kantha, patched garment, OHG hadara, rag, patch6
1 a literary or musical work made up of passages from other works
2 anything made up of badly matched parts