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Webster 1913 Edition


Checkerwork

Check′er-workˊ

(chĕk′ẽr-wûrkˊ)
,
Noun.
1.
Work consisting of or showing checkers varied alternately as to colors or materials.
2.
Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes.
How strange a
checkerwork
of Providence is the life of man.
De Foe.

Definition 2024


checkerwork

checkerwork

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Noun

checkerwork (countable and uncountable, plural checkerworks)

  1. Work consisting of or showing checkers, varied alternately by colour or material.
  2. (figuratively) Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes.
    How strange a checkerwork of Providence is the life of man. De Foe.