Piquet
WordNet
noun
(1) 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
(2) A card game for two players using a reduced pack of 32 cards
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A game at cards played between two persons, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes, being set aside.
- 2007, Choderlos de Laclos, Dangerous Liaisons, tr. Helen Constantine, Penguin 2007, p. 35:
- We shall together challenge the Chevalier de Belleroche to piquet; and, while we are winning money from him, we shall have the even greater pleasure of hearing you sing with your charming teacher, to whom I shall propose it.
- 2007, Choderlos de Laclos, Dangerous Liaisons, tr. Helen Constantine, Penguin 2007, p. 35:
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