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checkmate

end of game in chess: folk-etymology of Shah-mat, ‘the Shah is dead.’ [Br. Folklore: Espy, 217]

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It is checkmate for me this time, Miss Halcombe--ha?

The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context

They may do what they like, but I'll checkmate them still,' said he with an oath.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context

" he said to himself; "what a checkmate I'm exposed to

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