bezique
Appearance
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French bésigue, of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bezique (countable and uncountable, plural beziques)
- A trick-taking card game for two players.
- 2009 January 19, Phillip Alder, “Eisenhower’s Other Title: Bridge Player in Chief”, Bridge, in New York Times[1]:
- Queen Elizabeth II does not play, preferring racing demon, complicated games of solitaire and six-deck bezique.
- The act of taking certain cards in this game: the queen of spades and jack of diamonds, or (if either of those suits is trumps) the queen of clubs and jack of hearts.