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Definitions for piquet
pɪˈkeɪ, -ˈkɛtpi·quet
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Princeton's WordNet
piquetnoun
a card game for two players using a reduced pack of 32 cards
picket, piquetnoun
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
Wiktionary
piquetnoun
A game at cards played between two persons, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes, being set aside.
Etymology: From piquet.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Piquetnoun
A game at cards.
Etymology: picquet, Fr.
She commonly went up at ten,
Unless piquet was in the way. Matthew Prior.Instead of entertaining themselves at ombre or piquet, they would wrestle and pitch the bar. Spectator.
Wikipedia
Piquet
Piquet (; French pronunciation: [pikɛ]) is an early 16th-century plain-trick card game for two players that became France's national game. David Parlett calls it a "classic game of relatively great antiquity... still one of the most skill-rewarding card games for two" but one which is now only played by "aficionados and connoisseurs."
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piquet
Piquet is a card game for two players that originates from France. It involves decking and drawing with a goal of collecting a hand that can be declared as a certain point value and then played to improve the declared point value. It is known for its rich scoring system which allows numerous strategies for winning.
Webster Dictionary
Piquetnoun
see Picket
Piquetnoun
a game at cards played between two persons, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes, being set aside
Etymology: [F., prob. fr. pique. See Pique, Pike, and Picket.]
Wikidata
Piquet
Piquet is an early 16th-century trick-taking card game for two players.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Piquet
Same as Picket.
Piquet
pi-ket′, n. a game at cards.—n. Pique, in piquet, the scoring of 30 points in one hand before the other side scores at all. [Picket.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
piquet
A proportion of a force set apart and kept on the alert for the security of the whole.--The outlying piquet, some distance from the main body, watches all hostile approach.--The inlying piquet is ready to act in case of internal disorder, or of alarm.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
PIQUET
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Piquet is ranked #78040 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Piquet surname appeared 245 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Piquet.
75.9% or 186 total occurrences were White.
19.1% or 47 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
3.2% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.
Anagrams for piquet »
equipt
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of piquet in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of piquet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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