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Meanings of play piquet in inglês

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Usage of play piquet in inglês
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On the other hand, young Roderick Boole thinks he can play piquet.
A Wodehouse Miscellany: Articles & Stories
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Harry was happy to be able to play piquet with his aunt.
The Virginians
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I've packed Stanislass off to the St. James' to play piquet.
The Price of Things
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Telephone for Mr. Maurice- Idon'twant any woman-wecan play piquet.
Man and Maid
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She knew every rule at croquet, and could play piquet.
The Eustace Diamonds
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Abbé, you'll be my almoner and play piquet with me.
The Queen Pedauque
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But Monty considered "bridge" the "pons asinorum," and preferred to play piquet with Peggy.
Brewster's Millions
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By the by, did you ever play piquet?
The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2
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Will you play piquet with me, Harry?
The Virginians
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These were for those who preferred to play piquet or ecarte, two or three couples being so engaged.
Colonel Thorndyke's Secret
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When obliged to sit down to play piquet, he cursed below his breath the game and its detestable inventor.
The Lerouge Case
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He and my father used to play piquet; and I looked at them, and tried to learn-andI was too stupid.
Heart and Science: A Story of the Present Time
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Gad, I'll write him a note, and have him; and I'll try if he can play piquet as well as billiards.
Vanity Fair
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At last, trying first one thing, then another, he found that what she was after was to play piquet with him.
Lady into Fox
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She stayed in the garden an hour, and then she turned and went to play piquet with the lonely, shriveled man, her brother.
Foes
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You cannot play piquet so well as my maid, and I have heard all your songs till I am perfectly tired of them!
The Virginians
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