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"ref": "2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 821:",
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"(heraldry) Chequered; divided into small squares (chequers) by transverse vertical and horizontal lines."
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"sense": "heraldry; chequered",
"word": "geschakeerd"
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"word": "shakkiruutuinen"
},
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"sense": "heraldry; chequered",
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},
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],
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"hobbies",
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"monarchy",
"nobility",
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"word": "chequey"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "heraldry; chequered",
"word": "geschakeerd"
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"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "heraldry; chequered",
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"sense": "heraldry; chequered",
"word": "shakkiruutuinen"
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"sense": "heraldry; chequered",
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"sense": "heraldry; chequered",
"word": "geschacht"
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"sense": "heraldry; chequered",
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"sense": "heraldry; chequered",
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"sense": "heraldry; chequered",
"word": "jaquelado"
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"sense": "heraldry; chequered",
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