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  • As you can see Embroidered Patches is more than just putting on a coat or hat.

    Hat Patch | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • She picked the name Patches, she said, because the shop sells a patchwork of things (cards, stationery, Mylar balloons, cookbooks, wind chimes -- you can even get your keys cut) and because life itself is a patchwork of experiences.

    Shop owner overwhelmed by community support during hard times 2010

  • The principle of GI Diet Patches is based on the fact that 95% of taste comes from smell and that cravings for sweet foods can be satisfied by smell to save calories.

    Give the Gift of Health 2006

  • The same technology used for the GI Patches is used in Scentuelle, but for a very different reason.

    Give the Gift of Health 2006

  • Now, I know what's you're thinking, and the answer is yes, "Patches" can be your designated hobo name.

    Andy McDonald: 10 Reasons why Being Unemployed may Work for You Andy McDonald 2011

  • This isn't technically an accident song per se - but "Patches'" whole life is a series of unfortunate accidents.

    Archive 2009-10-01 baikinange 2009

  • Writing: "Patches" (working title) -- Beginning of the opening is written down.

    Illustrated Horsewhips 2005

  • Oh I was so ragged folks used to call me "Patches".

    Patches George Jones 1994

  • "Patches" prior to its retirement, 1979; an A/A45Y-1 internal spray system mounted in a UC-123K

    Operation Ranch Hand Buckingham, William A. 1982

  • Workers had stripped "Patches" of all camouflage paint and coated it with an alodine compound to guard against the insecticide's corrosive effects.

    Operation Ranch Hand Buckingham, William A. 1982

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