Meaning of piquet | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A game of cards for two people, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes being set aside.
   uncountable
2. A surname from French.
3. Archaic form of picket.
   alt-of, archaic

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“We shall together challenge⟳ the Chevalier de Belleroche to piquet; and, while we are winning money from him, we shall have⟳ the even greater pleasure of hearing you sing⟳ with your charming teacher, to whom I shall propose⟳ it.”

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