patching
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
patching (plural patchings)
- The act of one who patches.
- 1766, Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield:
- […] all this is not neatness, but frippery. These rufflings, and pinkings, and patchings, will only make us hated by all the wives of our neighbours.
Verb[edit]
patching
- present participle and gerund of patch