Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the game of piquet, the four aces, kings, queens, knaves, or tens: so called because such a group of four, in the hand that holds the highest, counts fourteen points.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The four aces, kings, queens, knaves, or tens, in the game of piquet; -- so called because
quatorze counts as fourteen points.
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- noun card games The four
aces ,kings ,queens ,jacks , ortens , in the game ofpiquet , any of these counting as fourteen points.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Petite danseuse de quatorze ans bronze with muslin skirt and satin hair ribbon with wooden base
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By the time I got to quince, I went to French, because I could count up to quatorze in French.
Haunted Honeymoon Marta Acosta 2010
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Sotheby's nevertheless got the strongest price of these London sales when it sold Edgar Degas 'bronze statue an impish ballerina, "Petite danseuse de quatorze ans," to an Asian telephone bidder for $19 million, over its $17 million high estimate.
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The top lot of the week was Edgar Degas 'iconic bronze sculpture "Petite danseuse de quatorze ans," which fetched £13.3 million at Sotheby's (estimate: £9 million-£12 million) -- an auction record for a sculpture by Degas.
Art-World Jitters Ahead of Contemporary Auctions Margaret Studer 2009
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Sotheby's nevertheless got the strongest price of these London sales when it sold Edgar Degas 'bronze statue of an impish ballerina, "Petite danseuse de quatorze ans," to an Asian telephone bidder for $19 million, over its $17 million high estimate.
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Perhaps on quatorze juillet New Orleans should celebrate by storming the D. A.'s office and removing Eddie Jordan.
Archive 2007-07-01 2007
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Edgar Degas's iconic bronze sculpture "Petite danseuse de quatorze ans," depicting a teenage ballet dancer, is estimated at £9 million-£12 million.
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A translation that missed the boat/Pourquoi chercher midi à quatorze heures ?
Archive 2008-03-01 Oleg Kuzin 2008
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Translator's Musings: A translation that missed the boat/Pourquoi chercher midi à quatorze heures ?
A translation that missed the boat/Pourquoi chercher midi à quatorze heures ? Oleg Kuzin 2008
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A translation that missed the boat/Pourquoi chercher midi à quatorze heures ?
A translation that missed the boat/Pourquoi chercher midi à quatorze heures ? Oleg Kuzin 2008
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