Alternative forms

• chequerwork

Etymology

From checker +‎ workCategory:English compound terms#CHECKERWORK.

Noun

checkerwork (countable and uncountable, plural checkerworks)Category:English lemmas#CHECKERWORKCategory:English nouns#CHECKERWORKCategory:English uncountable nouns#CHECKERWORKCategory:English countable nouns#CHECKERWORKCategory:English countable nouns#CHECKERWORKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CHECKERWORKCategory:Pages with entries#CHECKERWORKCategory:Pages with 1 entry#CHECKERWORK

1. Synonym of checkwork.
2. (figuratively) A mishmash
   • 1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC:

     How strange a checkerwork of Providence is the life of man.

     Category:English terms with quotations#CHECKERWORK

References

• “checkerwork”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.