- a variation of checker.
chequer
Britishnoun
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any of the marbles, pegs, or other pieces used in the game of Chinese chequers
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a pattern consisting of squares of different colours, textures, or materials
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one of the squares in such a pattern
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verb
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to make irregular in colour or character; variegate
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to mark off with alternating squares of colour
Etymology
Origin of chequer
C13: chessboard, from Anglo-French escheker, from eschec check
Example Sentences
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Richard Austen Butler, 48> able intellectual and pamphleteer of the party -Chancellor of the Ex chequer.
From Time Magazine Archive
That's a matter of doubt, cross-hedges my pathway still chequer, The clue I've let slip, but you just take my tip; we'll get clear—if you keep up your pecker!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 23, 1891 by Various
And, looking down on the warm rosy tints, Which chequer, at your feet, the illumined flints, 30Say: What is this? we are in bliss—forgiven— Behold the pavement of the courts of Heaven!
From Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum and Other Poems by Matthew Arnold
No man ever will unfold the capacities of his own intellect who does not at least chequer his life with solitude.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 by Various
And yet again, the most diverse ideas may be observed side by side in a strange chequer.
From New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments by John Morrison
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