checkerwork

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Checkerwork \Check"er*work`\ (ch[e^]k"[~e]r*w[^u]rk`), n.
   1. Work consisting of or showing checkers varied alternately
      as to colors or materials.
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   2. Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes.
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            How strange a checkerwork of Providence is the life
            of man.                               --De Foe.
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