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
He never will glory in belonging to the chequer No. 71, or to any other badge-ticket.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
Qu is sometimes sounded, in words derived from the French, like k, as conquer, liquor, risque, chequer.
From A Grammar of the English Tongue by Samuel Johnson
Tall bennets and red sorrel rise above the grass, white ox-eye daisies chequer it below; the distant hedge quivers as the air, set in motion by the intense heat, runs along.
From Nature Near London by Richard Jefferies
The floor was a friendly chequer of red and black tiles.
From The Price of Love by Arnold Bennett
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