Chequers
noun
an estate and country house in S England, in central Buckinghamshire: the official country residence of the British prime minister
Chequers
1 British
/ ˈtʃɛkəz /
noun
chequers
2
British
/ ˈtʃɛkəz /
noun
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Coincidentally, these are near to the prime minister's countryside residence in Buckinghamshire – Chequers.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
We went to Chequers and just spent two days together as a family.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
The Observer said Starmer would "set out a timetable for his departure", noting he had been holding weekend talks from Chequers, the countryside retreat for prime ministers.
From Barron's ● Jun. 21, 2026
The Observer said he would "set out a timetable for his departure", noting he had been holding weekend talks from Chequers, the countryside retreat for prime ministers.
From Barron's ● Jun. 21, 2026
Chequers should be avoided unless they express a meaning, as in Scotch tartans.
From Needlework As Art by Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess Alford
The fruits, also known as chequers, were once used to make a type of beer, and are thought by some to have given many UK pubs and inns their names.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2024
There are only 16 recorded wild service, or "chequers", trees in Denbighshire, but after harvesting their seed, the council's tree nursery now has dozens of young specimens, which will eventually be planted out.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2024
Joëlle and her husband Narcisse, both from Ivory Coast, playing chequers on Aquarius.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 27, 2019
“The CT guys plays chess – it’s a real strategic game – but sometimes when you come back down to chequers it kinda simplifies things a lot more.”
From The Guardian ● Mar. 12, 2017
But with all his rant he is invariably substantial, never aerial, and he chequers it in a Byronic manner with a sudden prose reference to bugs, or a question, or a piece of dialogue.
From George Borrow The Man and His Books by Edward Thomas
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