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 Definitions of piquet  [ɪˈkeɪ, -ˈkɛt]  

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Definition of 'piquet' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) piquet
a card game played by two persons with a pack of 32 cards, the cards from deuces to sixes being excluded.

Etymology:  (1640–50; < F; see pique , -et)

Definition of 'piquet' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) piquet
a card game for two players using a reduced pack of 32 cards

2. (noun) picket, piquet
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


Definition of 'piquet' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) piquet
see Picket

2. (noun) piquet
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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