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PICQUET
Etymology 1
Noun
picquet (uncountable)
Alternative form of piquet (“card game”)
Etymology 2
Noun
picquet (plural picquets)
(military) Archaic form of picket.
Verb
picquet (third-person singular simple present picquets, present participle picqueting, simple past and past participle picqueted)
(military) Archaic form of picket.
Etymology
Proper noun
Picquet (plural er-noun)
A surname.
Source: Wiktionary
Pic"quet, n.
Definition: See Piquet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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THOUGHTLESS
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