- a variation of piquet.
picquet
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Presumably he was thinking of picquet or bezique, rather than an all-night killer session at seven-card stud, but Johnson's point has been true for centuries.
From Time Magazine Archive
“No. 13. We played picquet together. About eleven o’clock my wife retired for the night. The conductor made up my compartment and I also went to bed. I slept soundly until morning.”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
The captain in whose mess I was, with his company, was that night ordered on picquet within about three quarters of a mile of the city.
From Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade by Surtees, William
This satisfied the picquet, and the next moment the enemy was in the fort.
From Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet by Kestell, J. D. (John Daniel)
Corner what used to be Fourth and Main—little brown tent close to militia picquet.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard
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