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chessboard [ˈtʃɛsˌbɔːd] n
(Group Games / Chess & Draughts) a square board divided into 64 squares of two alternating colours, used for playing chess or draughts ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| "Tell the King of Naples," said he sternly, "that it is not noon yet, and I don't yet see my chessboard clearly. Out here it seemed as though the people of England must be shaped in the body like the kings and queens, knights and pawns of the chessboard, so strange were their differences, so marked and so implicitly believed in. Your standing army is good, beyond a doubt,--a well-trained machine, an excellent plaything for a General to move across the chessboard. |
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