ecarte

Definitions

noun A card game for two persons, with 32 cards, ranking K, Q, J, A, 10, 9, 8, 7. Five cards are dealt each player, and the 11th turned as trump. Five points constitute a game.

From French écarté.

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Mortimer had stayed to dinner, and he and the baronet played ecarte {6} afterwards.

The Seriously Deranged Writer and the Model Cars 2010
Mrs Gowan glanced at the other end of the room, where her son was playing ecarte on a sofa, with the old lady who was for a charge of cavalry.

Little Dorrit 2007
Florentine brought the money, which she obtained from Georges, who had just passed eight times at ecarte.

A Start in Life 2007
Any day a countess or an actress or a run of luck at ecarte might set him up with an outfit worthy of a king.

The Magic Skin 2007
The announcement of supper put a stop both to the game of ecarte, and the recapitulation of the beauties of the Eatanswill GAZETTE.

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club 2007
He danced, played at ecarte, lost some money, and went home to bed.

Study of a Woman 2007
He danced, played at ecarte, lost some money, and went home to bed.

Study of a Woman 2007
The best amateur billiard and ecarte player in England, is Coxe Tuggeridge Coxe, Esq., of

Cox's Diary 2006
The best amateur billiard and ecarte player in England, is Coxe Tuggeridge Coxe, Esq., of

Burlesques 2006
Let us have a game at cards — at ecarte, if you please.

Roundabout Papers 2006