piquet en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
From French piquet.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A game of cards for two people, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes being set aside.
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.
2007, Helen Constantine, translated by Choderlos de Laclos, Dangerous Liaisons, Penguin, page 35:They would kick off their shoes and play piquet by candle-light.
1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine: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.
1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 22, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:Maria my love you look grave. Come, you sit down to Piquet with Mr. Surface.
1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, II.ii:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| picket | alternative | lexicographic | |
| picquet | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (10)
ru пике́т (a game of cards) · de Pikett (a game of cards) · nl piket (a game of cards) · io piketo (a game of cards) · mk пике́т (a game of cards) · bg пикет (a game of cards) · fr piquet (a game of cards) · de Piquet (a game of cards) · fi piketti (a game of cards) · eo pikedo (a game of cards)