ADJ.
little
VERB + PIQUET
play, sit
PIQUET + NOUN
candle-light, mr, wives
PREP.
down, with
noun
A game of cards for two people, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes being set aside.
Maria my love you look grave. Come, you sit down to Piquet with Mr. Surface.
The two wedding parties met constantly in each other's apartments. After two or three nights the gentlemen of an evening had a little piquet, as their wives sate and chatted apart.
noun
Archaic form of picket.
verb
Archaic form of picket.
noun — a form of military punishment used by the British in the lat
Maria my love you look grave. Come, you sit down to Piquet with Mr. Surface.
WiktionaryThe two wedding parties met constantly in each other's apartments. After two or three nights the gentlemen of an evening had a little piquet, as their wives sate and chatted apart.
WiktionaryThey would kick off their shoes and play piquet by candle-light.
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