écarté
a card game for two players.
Origin of écarté
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How to use écarté in a sentence
A fine gambler as well, losing games of ecarte at five thousand francs the fish without flinching.
The Nabob | Alphonse DaudetSuspecting some minor peril, I left the ecarte players, and joined the gentleman in the dinner-jacket.
Simon the Jester | William J. LockeThese were for those who preferred to play piquet or ecarte, two or three couples being so engaged.
Colonel Thorndyke's Secret | G. A. HentyAny day a countess or an actress or a run of luck at ecarte might set him up with an outfit worthy of a king.
The Magic Skin | Honore de BalzacMadame Descoings had promised Bixiou, her so-called step-son, that the young people should play at ecarte.
The Two Brothers | Honore de Balzac
British Dictionary definitions for écarté
/ (eɪˈkɑːteɪ, French ekarte) /
a card game for two, played with 32 cards and king high
ballet
a body position in which one arm and the same leg are extended at the side of the body
(as adjective): the écarté position
Origin of écarté
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