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patchworking

n. The making of patchworks vb. (present participle of patchwork English)

Usage examples of "patchworking".

And when she brought the crawler into the control cabin, it was obvious that the patchworking probably extended to the entire ship.

This does seem a curious custom, but curious or not, that is exactly what happens, and while Scrapper went to fetch the Royal scrap-bag and Piecer the Royal dust-pan, the Scissor Bird flew out of the window to break the news to the patchworking populace.