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piquet definition

pi·quet (pē kā′, -ket′)

noun

a card game for two persons, played with 32 cards

Etymology: Fr < pic, term in piquet, orig., prick, sting < piquer: see pike

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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