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piquet

noun
/pɪˈkɛt/

Etymology

From French piquet.

  1. derived from piquet

Definitions

  1. A game of cards for two people, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours,…

    A game of cards for two people, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes being set aside.

    • Maria my love you look grave. Come, you sit down to Piquet with Mr. Surface.
    • The two wedding parties met constantly in each other's apartments. After two or three nights the gentlemen of an evening had a little piquet, as their wives sate and chatted apart.
    • They would kick off their shoes and play piquet by candle-light.

  2. Archaic form of picket.

  3. A surname from French.

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