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chequey

chequey is the alternative form of chequy.

Meaning of chequy

Adjective

chequy (not comparable)

  1. Chequered; divided into small squares (chequers) by transverse vertical and horizontal lines.
    • Sometimes the Princess was seen conferring spiritedly with the Spongiatosta security details posted about the streets nearby, whose livery bore the ancient family arms, a sponge couchant on a field chequy with flames at the foot.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 821

Questions about chequey

What is chequey the alternative form of?
Chequey is the alternative form of chequy.

Words near chequey in the dictionary

  1. chequerwork
  2. chequerworks
  3. cheques
  4. chequewriter
  5. chequewriters
  6. chequey
  7. chequi
  8. Chequiam
  9. chequin
  10. chequine
  11. chequines

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