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Quite often seen with spaces or hyphens.
As an aside I saw 'check, mate' today.
8 0 ReplyIn Australia, this means putting your friend into check.
10 0 ReplyOr asking for the bill at a restaurant where you're friends with the waiter (though if I was going to be anal, afaik we spell it 'cheque' in the UK / Australia where people use 'mate')
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That seems fine to me. I've heard "check and mate" a bunch, so this isn't too much of a stretch for me.
1 0 ReplyThey clearly meant checkmate though.
1 0 ReplyWell OP clearly meant nowadays whenever they said "nowdays", too.
3 0 ReplySo do the people who say "check and mate."
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