Usually means: Period of exceptional performance, creativity.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. purple patch: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. purple patch: Merriam-Webster
  3. purple patch: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. purple patch: Collins English Dictionary
  5. purple patch: Wiktionary
  6. Purple patch: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. purple patch: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. PURPLE PATCH: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. purple patch: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (purple patch)

noun:  A period of excellent performance where nearly everything seems to go right, contrasting with a lower general level of performance.
noun:  (originally) An ornate or elaborate section of a written work; a patch of purple prose.

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