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Meanings of chequered career in English

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Usage of chequered career in English
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When the new album lands, he'll be five albums deep into a chequered career.
The Irish Times
2
Well, in my chequered career I have breakfasted on much worse fare than yours.
A Chair on the Boulevard
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Prince Edward's chequered career in television production appears to be over, writes Matt Wells.
The Guardian
4
In my chequered career I don't often run up against this class of lotion.
The Mystery of the Four Fingers
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What might have been a long, chequered career, full of superb songs and new standards.
The Irish Times
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Already a diplomatic veteran at the age of 20, he thereafter had a chequered career.
The Irish Times
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She could now enter in triumph upon the more glorious stage of her chequered career.
The Mormon Prophet
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In these few sentences, Mr. Dillon brought before the House his strange, picturesque, and chequered career.
Sketches in the House / The Story of a Memorable Session (1893)
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Where in all the vicissitudes of a chequered career had I seen such a one before?
Gulliver of Mars
10
Inaudible words escaped at intervals from his lips, bearing upon various incidents of his chequered career.
The Secret of the Island
11
The idea that Germany was the prime mover has enjoyed a brilliant, if chequered career ever since.
The Guardian
12
Hence the chequered career of the thimble-rigger.
A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa
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BEFORE I went to High School when I was eleven I had a chequered career at school.
The Irish Times
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Frequently as he dreamed it during his chequered career, it was henceforth always most vivid and real.
Snake and Sword: A Novel
15
The missions had a chequered career.
The Church and the Barbarians / Being an Outline of the History ...
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His had been a chequered career.
Canada and the States
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