patch+clumsily

  • 21Cobbled — Cobble Cob ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cobbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cobbling}.] [OF. cobler, copler, to join or knit together, couple, F. coupler, L. copulare to couple, join. Cf. {Couple}, n. & v. t.] 1. To make or mend coarsely; to patch; to botch; …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 22Cobbling — Cobble Cob ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cobbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cobbling}.] [OF. cobler, copler, to join or knit together, couple, F. coupler, L. copulare to couple, join. Cf. {Couple}, n. & v. t.] 1. To make or mend coarsely; to patch; to botch; …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 23Patchwork — Patch work , n. Work composed of pieces sewed together, esp. pieces of various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of incongruous or ill adapted parts; something irregularly clumsily composed; a thing putched up. Swift. [1913… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 24Kludge — Part of the Miles Glacier Bridge, with a kludgy temporary fix to make the bridge usable after earthquake damage. This article is about the workaround. For the American music magazine, see Kludge (magazine). A kludge (or kluge) is a workaround, a… …

    Wikipedia

  • 25Four-wheel drive — This article is about the class of vehicle drivetrains. For other uses, see Four by four/Four wheel drive (disambiguation). All wheel drive redirects here. For the all wheel drive in motorcycles, see two wheel drive. The Jeep Wrangler is a 4WD… …

    Wikipedia

  • 26Chinese Democracy — This article is about the album. For the song, see Chinese Democracy (song). For the Chinese political movement, see Chinese democracy movement. Chinese Democracy Studio album by …

    Wikipedia

  • 27Polish Downtown (Chicago) — Polish Downtown was Chicago’s oldest and most prominent Polish settlement. Polish Downtown was the political, cultural and social capital of not only Poles in Chicago but for Polish Americans throughout North America as well.Fact|date=October… …

    Wikipedia

  • 28cobble — cobble1 /kob euhl/, v.t. cobbled, cobbling. 1. to mend (shoes, boots, etc.); patch. 2. to put together roughly or clumsily. [1490 1500; appar. back formation from COBBLER] cobble2 /kob euhl/, n., v., cobbled, cobbling. n. 1. a cobblestone …

    Universalium

  • 29Spain — /spayn/, n. a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 39,244,195; 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Cap.: Madrid. Spanish, España. * * * Spain Introduction Spain Background: Spain s powerful world empire of the 16th and… …

    Universalium

  • 30Wikipedia:Featured article candidates — Here, we determine which articles are to be featured articles (FAs). FAs exemplify Wikipedia s very best work and satisfy the FA criteria. All editors are welcome to review nominations; please see the review FAQ. Before nominating an article,… …

    Wikipedia