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checkered::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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a checkered business career.
Examples of checkered
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Its history with the Woodbridge neighborhood to the north and west is checkered.
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The winning line could post a black-and-white checkered flag on their machinery.
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Davis started in fifth and was chasing Lupton from lap 33 to the checkered flag.
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Colorful MacKenzie-Childs checkered tiles and accessories add a whimsical touch.
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He wore a long gray beard, faded overalls, checkered shirt and feathered fedora.
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His speech was slurred and his eyes, sad, as he talked about his checkered past.
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After a slow restart on the green-white-checkered, Earnhardt began to pull away.
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Still, despite Steinbrenner's checkered past, Weiner believes he is a slam dunk.
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That concept sports car featured a checkered flag crossed with an American flag.
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- Checked: patterned with alternating squares of color
- Marked by changeable fortune; "a checkered business career"
- Divided into squares, or into light and dark patches; changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty
- (Checkering) A diamond-like pattern for ornamentation or improved gripping. See also Stippling.
- (CHECKERING) A functional decoration applied to pistol grips and forends consisting of pointed pyramids cut into the wood.
- (Checkering) A regular pattern of fine grooves cut into the surface of a stock to aid in gripping a gun. Originally done for utility only, checkering has become an art form in itself; craftsmen adorning the borders with ribbons, fleur-de-lys, floral carving, etc. ...
- Propylea quatuordecimpunctata
