PIQUETS

PIQUET

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.]

PIQUET

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



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18 June 2024

PARADE

(noun) an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things; “a parade of strollers on the mall”; “a parade of witnesses”


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