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Definition of Picquet
1. n. See Piquet.
Definition of Picquet
1. Noun. A card game for two players, using thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes, being set aside. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Picquet
1. piquet [n -S] - See also: piquet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Picquet
Literary usage of Picquet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Review of Historical Publications Relating to Canada by University of Toronto (1908)
"In the present case the work has again been done by a fellow-countryman of picquet,
M. Andre Chagny, professor at Bourg-en-Bresse (Department of the Ain), ..."
2. History of the Settlement of Upper Canada (Ontario): With Special Reference by William Canniff (1869)
"... 1679 —The natives attracted—Subjects of the French King—Francois picquet— La
... success—picquet on a voyage —At Fort Toronto—Mississaugas ..."
3. Reminiscences of Levi Coffin, the Reputed President of the Underground by Levi Coffin (1880)
"AMONG the many interesting cases that came under my personal notice while engaged
in efforts to aid the slave, that of Louisa picquet, the octoroon, ..."
4. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"The advance pushed on, reached the entrance of the Bayon at midnight, surprised
and cut off a picquet, and at day-break, ..."
5. The Life and Times of Sir William Johnson, Bart. by William Leete Stone (1865)
""While, therefore, picquet was exerting his influence upon the Six Nations from
La Presentation, on the St. Lawrence, Jean Coeur was sent to the tribes ..."
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