Patchwork and Rummage

noun

• A theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas.
  • synonyms: hodgepodge, jumble
• A quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together.
  • synonyms: patchwork quilt
• Sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern. .

(n.) Work composed of pieces sewed together, especially pieces of various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of incongruous or ill-adapted parts; something irregularly clumsily composed; a thing putched up.

noun

• A jumble of things to be given away.
• A thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion. )
  • usage: "he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis"
  • synonyms: ransacking

verb

• Search haphazardly.
  • usage: "We rummaged through the drawers"

• (v.t.) To make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close stowage; to stow closely; to pack; -- formerly written roomage, and romage.
• (n.) A searching carefully by looking into every corner, and by turning things over.
• (n.) A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage; -- formerly written romage.
• (v.t.) To search or examine thoroughly by looking into every corner, and turning over or removing goods or other things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over leaf after leaf.
• (v.i.) To search a place narrowly.