checkered?

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one of his successors int he White House had about as checkered a youth as can be imagined. In this sentence, what is the meaning of checkered

2006-09-02 19:17:58 · 3 answers · asked by early worm 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages

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A "checkered past" means that the person did bad things in the past. Another term is "shady past" which like checkered means not all white, i.e. with bad things.

2006-09-02 19:21:45 · answer #1 · answered by Johnny Tezca 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋

back and forth, from dark to light and back to dark. Like a row on a checkerboard

2006-09-03 02:21:55 · answer #2 · answered by thrag 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

illustrated past

2006-09-03 07:06:55 · answer #3 · answered by seshu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋