Piquet
[pi'ket]
Definition
(noun.) a card game for two players using a reduced pack of 32 cards.
Typist: Susan--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) See Picket.
(n.) A game at cards played between two persons, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes, being set aside.
Typist: Stacey
Definition
n. a game at cards.—n. Pique in piquet the scoring of 30 points in one hand before the other side scores at all.
Same as Picket.
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Examples
- Gad, I'll write him a note, and have him; and I'll try if he can play piquet as well as billiards. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Mr. Hurst and Mr. Bingley were at piquet, and Mrs. Hurst was observing their game. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- After two or three nights the gentlemen of an evening had a little piquet, as their wives sate and chatted apart. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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