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Definition of Beziques
1. bezique [n] - See also: bezique
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beziques
Literary usage of Beziques
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1889)
"Triple bezique counts 1500, and all the cards of triple bezique must be on the
table at the same time, but the beziques may be ..."
2. The American Hoyle: Or, Gentleman's Hand-book of Games, Containing All the by William Brisbane Dick (1894)
"Or a player may at once declare Double B£zique without first declaring either of
the Single Beziques; in that case he only scores 500, as neither of the ..."
3. Foster's Complete Hoyle: An Encyclopedia of All the Indoor Games Played at by Robert Frederick Foster (1897)
"The same rule applies to lower and higher beziques. But if the lower combination is
... Marriages, beziques and fours may be broken up ..."
4. The Works of Charles Paul de Kock, with a General Introduction by Jules Claretie by Paul de Kock (1904)
"... sous in two thousand, we make the five hundred, and the fifteen hundred with
three beziques — that's how we always play it. Is that your way, Calle ? ..."
5. The Young Folk's Cyclopædia of Games and Sports by John Denison Champlin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick (1899)
"... Knave of Diamonds) counts 40 Double Bezique (two beziques) counts 500 Four
Aces count 100 Four Kings 80 Four Queens 60 Four Knaves " 40 A Sequence (Ace, ..."
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