Bezique

//bəˈziːk// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A trick-taking card game for two players. countable, uncountable

    "Queen Elizabeth II does not play, preferring racing demon, complicated games of solitaire and six-deck bezique."

  2. 2
    a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of taking certain cards in this game: the queen of spades and jack of diamonds, or (if either of those suits is trumps) the queen of clubs and jack of hearts. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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penuchlepinochlepinochlepinocle

Example

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"Queen Elizabeth II does not play, preferring racing demon, complicated games of solitaire and six-deck bezique."

Etymology

Borrowed from French bésigue, of unknown origin.

Related phrases

Chinese beziquesix-pack beziquecard game

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