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Quite often seen with spaces or hyphens.
As an aside I saw 'check, mate' today.
In Australia, this means putting your friend into check.
Or 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')