checkerwork
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of checkerwork
Example Sentences
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On his wise shoulders through the checkerwork of leaves the sun flung spangles, dancing coins.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
Twelve enormous masses of metallic checkerwork, covered with wide cooling fins, almost filled the vast hall.
From Spacehounds of IPC by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)
The central group differs in a few minor points; twisted and loosely woven bark or wool takes the place of skins for clothing and baskets are all in checkerwork.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
In the kingdom of Godfrey of Boulogne lived mixed up together, formed into a kind of variegated checkerwork, people of all lands and languages of the Occident—French, Italians, Spanish, English, and Germans.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 by Various
My arms were too long and shot from my sleeves, when poking out, and got exposed to the gas and flame, which were still rising in the checkerwork.
From Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker by Walker, Charles Rumford
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