bouillotte table

American  

noun

French Furniture.

1. a small round table of the 18th century, having around its top a gallery within which a bouchon could be set for the playing of card games.

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Etymology

Origin of bouillotte table

< French bouillotte card game, equivalent to bouill ( ir ) to boil ¹ + -otte noun suffix

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Example Sentences

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bouillotte table

There was a vacant seat at a bouillotte table, and he took it, saying to himself: "That woman is not likely to follow me here."

From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Charles Paul de Kock

It was with some difficulty we succeeded in approaching the bouillotte table, where, to judge from the stakes, very high play was going forward.

From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II by Charles James Lever

With these words the friends parted; General Montcornet made his way to the cardroom, where he saw the Comte de Soulanges sitting at a bouillotte table.

From Domestic Peace by Clara Bell

The company received my sally with a discreet laugh, and their looks were centered on a guest who made the fifth at a bouillotte table where they had just stopped playing.

From Atlantida by Pierre Benôit

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