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; pic ², -et

Example Sentences

It was then that I suddenly remembered that Chiani was held by a piquet of Swiss infantry, and any attempt to enter would be impossible, as the gates were doubtless shut.

From The Honour of Savelli A Romance by Levett-Yeats, S. (Sidney)

Be that as it may, they fixed on piquet as the game, and, if accounts be true, all the better for Darcy.

From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James

After dinner John played two sets of piquet with his sister-in-law and having won both began to feel that there was a good deal to be said for a woman's presence in the house.

From Poor Relations by MacKenzie, Compton

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

"I'll play you a game of piquet, Laboussole," he cried; "piquet, the honest man's game—just for fun, to pass the time, and to see if you know how to play it."

From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Kock, Charles Paul de