Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In heraldry, divided by transverse lines vertically and horizontally into equal parts or squares, alternately of different tinctures, like a chess-board.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Her.) Divided into small alternating squares of two tinctures; -- said of the field or of an armorial bearing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Alternative form of
chequy .
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Examples
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Before I could get a clear reading on everything she asked in a Chinese accent, “You checky out now or stay one more night?”
The Coldest Winter Ever Sister Souljah 1999
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He loved the "Eccellentissima Casa," the checky eagle, the Velasquez portraits and his dingy office, but he never had spoken with the Princess, her son, his wife, or his sister Clementina, without a distinct feeling of disapproving aversion.
The Heart of Rome 1881
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He'd get a little heat-checky later in the game but still wound up with 27 points on 8-14 shooting, including 6-10 from deep.
Hornets247.com Blog 2009
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So when the people go all wing-dingy fact-checky, whiny on him, you can be pretty sure he has gotten to the core of some issue that just galls 'em.
Hominid Views 2009
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A few days later I was with my Mam at safeways and I spotted a couple behind us at he checkout, two women wearing checky shirts and baggy jeans and sporting short spikey haircuts.
Army Rumour Service 2009
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Application of grammar checky a logical step in CALL; however, due to the above cited shortcomings in software and the lack ofmhardware in most EFL settings, suchpplication has not bec widespread. p Numerous programspare commercially available Refinance that claimw o check grammar errors in English writing.
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So now, with my toenails no longer threatening to pop through my shoes, I can fully focus my energies on creating hanging file folder tabs for the assistant farm manager, buying foaling (bath) towels at Wal-Mart on my lunch break, discussing the finer points of "that them there spell checky thing" on Word with the shop manager, and confirming with the Hispanic stallion groom that he spelled the word "eyes" correctly on the daily treatment form.
haloaskew Diary Entry haloaskew 2005
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o checky you. you had to stop there abi the suspense is killing update fast leave or no leave. ok i beg pls
VICTIMISATION. princesa 2007
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