Chalked

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of chalk form-of, participle, past

    "[...] what still aggravates the traveller is that he rarely learns that his week-end train has been re-scheduled until he arrives at the main station to begin his journey and catches sight of a chalked notice in the concourse."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Written in or covered by chalk.

    "These points are joined diagonally by using a chalked length of cord which is held tight and then flicked to the floor, leaving a chalked straight line between each pair of points."

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"When the left-wingers lost an election, they chalked it up to ignorant voters. When the right-wingers lost, they insisted on election fraud. Neither one of them wanted to look within."

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