checkerwork

noun — 2 senses

checkerwork

noun

Etymology From checker + work.

1

Synonym of checkwork.

2

Figuratively A mishmash

How strange a checkerwork of Providence is the life of man.1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC:

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