Piquet

Quick meaning: Piquet is a noun meaning (card games) A game of cards for two people, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes being set aside.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (military) Archaic form of picket.

Example Sentences

They would kick off their shoes and play piquet by candle-light.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• piquets
• piqueting
• piqueted

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wicks, picquet, capot, quint, pique, picket.

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