piquet

American  

[pi-key, -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

Example Sentences

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piquet

But something, I know not what, introduced the mention of old Willoughby's wild stake at piquet at the club the other day....

From The Widow Barnaby Vol. III (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor

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 Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

Pique, in piquet, the scoring of 30 points in one hand before the other side scores at all.

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

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 Zuniga, Martinez de

Whist and piquet soon grow stale in such a house and with such surroundings, and even trictrac with the old bishop of Evreux becomes tedious.

From Napoleon's Letters to Josephine by Hall, Henry Foljambe