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
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
