Picquet

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Variant of piquet.
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  • n. A card game for two players, using thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes, being set aside.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. See piquet.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. See piquet, 2.
    • Word Usage
    "We used to spell the word picquet, because that was understood to be the correct thing, in that Department at least; and they used to say at post head-quarters that as soon as the officer in command of the outposts grew negligent, and was guilty of a k, he was ordered in immediately."
    Variant
    piquet   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    lansquenet    euchre    bézique    baccarat    faro    phlebotomy    cribbage    pocus    whist    wist   
     
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