écarté
Americannoun
noun
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a card game for two, played with 32 cards and king high
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ballet
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a body position in which one arm and the same leg are extended at the side of the body
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( as adjective )
the écarté position
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Etymology
Origin of écarté
Borrowed into English from French around 1815–25
Example Sentences
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That night, when Telfer sat down to écarté, Violet was singing in another room, out of which her voice came distinctly to us.
From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida
If the Major has any weakness, écarté is one of them.
From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida
He was present on the 2d of February, when I lost a large sum of money to you at écarté.
From A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales by Sir Charles L. (Charles Lawrence) Young
Turn-ups have had a favourable season at the écarté tables of several dowagers in the West-end district.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 14, 1841 by Various
And did they fight—or play écarté for her?”
From Dorrien of Cranston by Bertram Mitford
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