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checkedy

American  
[chek-i-dee] / ˈtʃɛk ɪ di /

adjective

  1. checkered; having a checked pattern.

Etymology

Origin of checkedy

1915–20, apparently checked + -y 1

Example Sentences

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He git some purty checkedy cloth one time, and everybody git a dress or a shirt made off'n it.

From Project Gutenberg

In summer time us wore checkedy dresses made wid low waistes and gethered skirts, but in winter de dresses was made out of linsey-woolsey cloth and underclothes was made out of coarse unbleached cloth.

From Project Gutenberg

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