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
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
