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checkstrings

checkstrings is the plural of checkstring.

Meaning of checkstring

Noun

checkstring (plural checkstrings)

  1. A cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.
    • 1864,, William Stephens Hayward, Revelations of a Lady Detective, short story "Incognito", George Vickers, Strand
      I pulled the check-string, and gave him [the coachdriver] his instructions.

Questions about checkstrings

What is checkstrings the plural of?
Checkstrings is the plural of checkstring.

Words near checkstrings in the dictionary

  1. checkstays
  2. checkstones
  3. checkstop
  4. checkstops
  5. checkstring
  6. checkstrings
  7. checksum
  8. checksummed
  9. checksummer
  10. checksummers
  11. checksumming

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