Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In piquet, the winning of thirty points or more from combinations of cards in one's hand, before the playing begins and before an opponent has scored at all.
- In piquet, to score a repique.
- To score a repique over.
- Also
repicque .
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Examples
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The die was cast the moment they made their respective declarations and he scored a repique, giving him ninety points.
A Hellion in Her Bed Sabrina Jeffries 2010
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The die was cast the moment they made their respective declarations and he scored a repique, giving him ninety points.
A Hellion in Her Bed Sabrina Jeffries 2010
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The die was cast the moment they made their respective declarations and he scored a repique, giving him ninety points.
A Hellion in Her Bed Sabrina Jeffries 2010
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Que repique mi verso duro y su rimar machaque igual que bola en bolo y multiplique la estaca seca y su furor no aplaque.
veruscio Diary Entry veruscio 2008
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It had rained nearly the whole day; they had played countless games of piquet on the top of a packing-case, and Clem had scored repique and capot twice running.
Mrs. Miniver 1939
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«Pío VII caminaba en medio de los cánticos y de las lágrimas, del repique de las campanas y de los gritos de _¡Viva el Papa!
Novelas Cortas Pedro Antonio de Alarc��n 1862
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I throw out the sevens of spades, hearts, and diamonds, and my two eights; the cards I take in give me a quint in clubs, fourteen in queens, and fourteen in kings, with which I repique you.
Memoirs of Robert-Houdin Houdin, Robert 1858
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Therefore, on all accounts, Riccabocca was one of those cards in a sequence, which so calculating a player would not throw out of his hand: it might serve for repique, at the worst it might score well in the game.
My Novel — Volume 09 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Riccabocca was one of those cards in a sequence, which so calculating a player would not throw out of his hand: it might serve for repique, at the worst it might score well in the game.
My Novel — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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It is traditional to jump in scoring, e.g. from 28 to 91, rather than go through 31 and add repique separately (and similarly for pique).
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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