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chequer

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chequer /ˈtʃɛkə/ (US checker)

▶noun

1 (chequers) a pattern of alternately coloured squares.

2 (checkers) [treated as sing.] N. Amer. the game of draughts.
■ (checker) a piece used in this game.

▶verb

1 divide into or mark with chequers.

2 (as adj. chequered) marked by periods of fluctuating fortune: a chequered career.

– origin ME (in the sense ‘chessboard’, giving rise to chequered meaning ‘marked like a chessboard’): from exchequer.

'chequer' also found in these Oxford entries:

check - checker - counterchange - exchequer

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