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brinkmates

brinkmates is the plural of brinkmate.

Meaning of brinkmate

Noun

brinkmate (countable and uncountable, plural brinkmates)

  1. A situation in which an indefensible checkmate sequence will be created by the player's next move.

Questions about brinkmates

What is brinkmates the plural of?
Brinkmates is the plural of brinkmate.

Words near brinkmates in the dictionary

  1. Brinkmanns
  2. Brinkmans
  3. brinkmanship
  4. brinkmanships
  5. brinkmate
  6. brinkmates
  7. brinkmen
  8. Brinkmeyer
  9. Brinkmeyers
  10. brinks
  11. brinksman

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