piquet

Definition

A game of cards for two people, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes being set aside.

Etymology

From French piquet.

Example Sentences

• "Maria my love you look grave. Come, you sit down to Piquet with Mr. Surface."
• "The two wedding parties met constantly in each other's apartments. After two or three nights the gentlemen of an evening had a little piquet, as their wives sate and chatted apart."
• "They would kick off their shoes and play piquet by candle-light."