- a variation of repic.
repique
Britishnoun
verb
Etymology
Origin of repique
from French repiq
Example Sentences
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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
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 Louis Hoffmann
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 Louis Hoffmann
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 Louis Hoffmann
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