picket, piquet
(noun) a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake
piquet
(noun) a card game for two players using a reduced pack of 32 cards
Source: WordNet® 3.1
piquet (uncountable)
(card games) A game at cards played between two persons, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes, being set aside.
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Piquet (plural er-noun or Piquets)
A surname.
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Source: Wiktionary
Piqu"et, n.
Definition: See Picket. [R.]
Pi*quet", n. Etym: [F., prob. fr. pique. See Pique, Pike, and Picket.]
Definition: A game at cards played between two persons, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes, being set aside. [Written also picket and picquet.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.
