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repique

British  
/ rɪˈpiːk /

noun

  1. a score of 30 points made from the cards held by a player before play begins

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to score a repique against (someone)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of repique

from French repiq

Example Sentences

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It is considered desirable for you, if elder hand, to take all five of your cards, unless you have a chance of a great score, and there can be no repique against you.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis

Pique, repique, and capot are not unfrequent; but the occurrence of carte blanche is exceedingly rare, occurring only about once in nine hundred deals.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis

Repique, rē-pēk′, n. at piquet, the winning of thirty points or more from combinations or in one's own hand, before playing begins.—v.t. to score a repique.

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

Good authorities attach even more importance to the point than to the cards, because it scores earlier, and may save a pique or a repique.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis

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