piquet
or pic·quet
[pi-key, -ket]
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noun
a card game played by two persons with a pack of 32 cards, the cards from deuces to sixes being excluded.
Origin of piquet
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Examples from the Web for piquet
Historical Examples of piquet
Can you spare a day from the tennis-court, or an evening from piquet?
Sir Jasper CarewCharles James Lever
I was only going to say that he gave me a pack of cards; would you like a game of piquet?
The RescueJoseph Conrad
Often through compliance I played at piquet with my husband.
The Autobiography of Madame GuyonJeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
Maurice and piquet—then the widow and the divorcée for dinner—and now alone again!
Man and MaidElinor Glyn
He thanks you not, his pride is in piquet, Newmarket-fame, and judgment at a bet.
Essay on ManAlexander Pope
piquet
noun
Word Origin for piquet
C17: from French, of unknown origin; compare pique ²
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