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Definition of "piquet" [piqu•et•pi•quet]

  • A card game for two people, played with a deck from which all cards below the seven, aces being high, are omitted. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "piquet" in a sentence
  • ""Saucy Girl" From nine to ten thirty she played a game called piquet, which her father had taught her, if she could get anyone with whom to play; but as this was seldom, she played as a rule patience by herself."
  • "From nine to ten thirty she played a game called piquet, which her father had taught her, if she could get anyone with whom to play; but as this was seldom, she played as a rule patience by herself."
  • "To two of his Captains, Smith and Carline, a piquet was a smart group of men who stood to attention at the boundary of a camp and had no purpose other than to salute officers."