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Definition of chequers in English English dictionary: the official country house of the British Prime Minister, about 30 miles northwest of London. Chinese chequers; spaced millefiori canes separated by a checkerboard-style grid of short filigree twists, colored ribbons, or glass rods; A public-house sign In England without doubt the arms of Fitzwarren, the head of which house, in the days of the Henrys, was invested with the power of licensing vintners and publicans, may have helped to popularise this sign, which indicated that the house was duly licensed; but the sign has been found on houses in exhumed Pompeii, and probably referred to some game, like our draughts, which might be indulged in on the premises Possibly in some cases certain public-houses were at one time used for the payment of doles, etc , and a chequer-board was provided for the purpose In such cases the sign indicated the house where the parish authorities met for that and other purposes
chinese chequers: a board game in which each player tries to move a set of marbles through a set of holes from one point of a six-pointed star to the opposite point
chequer: {f} diversify with color, variegate; mark like a checkerboard (also checker)
chequer: variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns
chequer: {i} (British) tiny plastic or wood piece (red or black) used in checkers
chequer: Same as Checker
chequer: mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on

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