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The phrase "a patch of cold" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a specific area or instance where coldness is felt, often in a metaphorical or descriptive context.
Example: "As I walked through the forest, I suddenly encountered a patch of cold that sent shivers down my spine."
Alternatives: "a spot of chill" or "a zone of coldness".
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We were seated in a cafe beside the museum, facing a small square, which Zumthor also designed, where a pair of toddlers played in a patch of cold winter sunlight.
Nothing seems to amuse its editors like a patch of cold weather during a global warming conference — and a quick search for "cold" in an archive of the site produces page after page of links to reports on "cold waves," including one in Copenhagen last week.
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In "Cold Spring Harbor," a patch of marsh grass in a watery inlet is singled out and lovingly described.
We lay there, shoulder to shoulder, on a blanket in a patch of sunshine, feeling the delicious sleepy buzz that cold water produces.
In the bright cold morning after we could spythem only through a patch of ice brushed clear of snow.Scarcely three feet below,they were oblivious of us.
It was a very cold February morning when I slipped and fell on a patch of sheer ice while walking down my building's driveway.
I parked in a patch of shade.
"Find a patch of sunlight, my boy.
He landed on a patch of grass.
He gestured toward a patch of grass.
Here is a patch of burlap.
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