noun

• A trick-taking card game for two players, using a 32-card pack consisting of the seven to the ace only.

  ‘Together with Chekhov, they played piquet, frequented the Taverne Gothique for oysters, or the Casino Municipal for entertainment.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘So instead, we played bridge and piquet the whole morning.’
  • ‘By the fireplace, Protheroe, now dressed in sober grey, sat on a sofa playing piquet with an elderly gentleman.’
  • ‘The boy has won a hand of piquet, and the spinster has noticed that he has difficulty enjoying triumphs.’
  • ‘In spite of three hip replacements, Adams manages to visit his local pub to play piquet most evenings and continues to write.’
  • ‘Right all, we need to organise piquet tonight.’

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