piquet

American  

[pi-kay, -ket] / pɪˈkeɪ, -ˈkɛt /

Or picquet

noun

1. a card game played by two persons with a pack of 32 cards, the cards from deuces to sixes being excluded.

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piquet British  

/ pɪˈkɛt, -ˈkeɪ /

noun

1. a card game for two people playing with a reduced pack and scoring points for card combinations and tricks won

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Etymology

Origin of piquet

From French, dating back to 1640–50; see origin at pic ², -et

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Example Sentences

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piquet

She had great power of mental abstraction; and on one occasion she went through a most complicated calculation of figures in her head, while she played and won a game at piquet.

From The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson

Two piquet guards made a sortie, but not being able to sustain the heat of the enemy’s fire from the church of Santiago, they were obliged to retire.

From An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol II (of 2) Exhibiting their discovery, population, language, government, manners, customs, productions and commerce. by Martinez de Zuniga

There are several cities where the ambulance wagon and the steamers arrive together, and another city where the military authorities always send a fire piquet which can be turned out in a few minutes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

Repique, rē-pēk′, n. at piquet, the winning of thirty points or more from combinations or in one's own hand, before playing begins.—v.t. to score a repique.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

It was then that I suddenly remembered that Chiani was held by a piquet of Swiss infantry, and any attempt to enter would be impossible, as the gates were doubtless shut.

From The Honour of Savelli A Romance by S. (Sidney) Levett-Yeats

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