Patched Definition & Meaning

patched
adjective
  1. mended usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch; "patched jeans"
  2. having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture); "a field patched with ice and snow"; "the wall had a spotty speckled effect"; "a black-and-white spotted cow"

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