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pi⋅quet

[pi-key, -ket]
–noun
a card game played by two persons with a pack of 32 cards, the cards from deuces to sixes being excluded.
Also, picquet.


Origin:
1640–50; < F; see pic 2 , -et
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pi·quet also pic·quet   (pĭ-kā')   
n.  A card game for two people, played with a deck from which all cards below the seven, aces being high, are omitted.

[French.]
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piquet

card game, known since the 15th century in France.

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