piquet
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views updated May 23 2018pi·quet / piˈkā; ˈket/ (also pic·quet) •
n. a trick-taking card game for two players, using a 32-card deck consisting of cards from the seven to the ace.
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
picquet
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views updated May 14 2018pic·quet / piˈkāt/ •
n. variant spelling of piquet.
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
picquet
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views updated Jun 27 2018picquet card-game. XVII. — F.
piquet, †
picquet, prob. f.
pic in
faire pic make sixty, of obscure orig.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
