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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A game of cards for two people, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes being set aside. uncountable

   "Maria my love you look grave. Come, you sit down to Piquet with Mr. Surface."

2. 2
   Archaic form of picket. alt-of, archaic
3. 3
   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 wordnet
4. 4
   a card game for two players using a reduced pack of 32 cards wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   Archaic form of picket. alt-of, archaic

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname from French.

Synonyms

All synonyms

picketpicket

Example

More examples

"Maria my love you look grave. Come, you sit down to Piquet with Mr. Surface."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French piquet.

Etymology 2

From French Piquet.

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