Meaning

1 senses
  1. A blended family; a stepfamily.

Origin

Calque of German Patchworkfamilie. By surface analysis, patchwork + family.

Calque of German Patchworkfamilie. By surface analysis, patchwork + family.

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Forms

plural: patchwork families

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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