See cobble together on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: London Bridge”, in RAIL, number 948, page 30:",
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"sense": "put together",
"word": "拼湊"
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"sense": "put together",
"word": "mettere insieme alla bell'e meglio"
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"sense": "put together",
"word": "zusammenschustern"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "put together",
"word": "mettere insieme alla bell'e meglio"
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"word": "cobble together"
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