chequers

/ (ˈtʃɛkəz) /

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noun

(functioning as singular) another name for draughts

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Words nearby chequers

cheque card, chequer, chequerboard, chequered, chequered flag, chequers, chequing account, cher, Cherbourg, cherchez la femme, chère

British Dictionary definitions for chequers (2 of 2)

Chequers

/ (ˈtʃɛkəz) /

noun

an estate and country house in S England, in central Buckinghamshire: the official country residence of the British prime minister

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How to use chequers in a sentence

Is one meant to infer that he began to write on his return from Chequers, and was interrupted; or is it a slip?
Harold Evans Responds to Murdoch|Harold Evans|April 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Ostensibly the letter thanks her for letting him interrupt her weekend at Chequers.
Harold Evans Responds to Murdoch|Harold Evans|April 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
When will we discover what was really discussed between Cameron and James when they met at Chequers in November 2010?
The Murdoch and Thatcher Meetings: What Really Happened|Peter Jukes|March 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
We now know the details of the meetings between Murdoch and Thatcher at her country residence in Chequers in 1981.
The Murdoch and Thatcher Meetings: What Really Happened|Peter Jukes|March 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST

The next time we saw the Bushes was at Chequers a month or so later.
Meet the Bushes|Cherie Blair|October 10, 2008|DAILY BEAST
Six regular poachers come daily to The Chequers, but there are many others hanging around who are merely amateurs.
The Chequers|James Runciman
The Romans looked on chequers as barbarous national characteristics, and left them to the Gauls and Britons.
Needlework As Art|Marian Alford
Take him to the Chequers for the night, Daniel, and get another man beside yourself to sit up with him.
Jesse Cliffe|Mary Russell Mitford
You ha' been used to go to the "Chequers" every night for nigh forty years, and you couldn't give it up now.
Facing Death|G. A. Henty
He rode as jauntily as he could a beautiful Spanish horse, whose barb was of cloth of gold and black satin in chequers.
Mary Tudor, Queen of France|Mary Croom Brown