fleurettes

English

Noun

fleurettes (uncountable)

1. (card games) A card game from the seventeenth century.
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 188 and 221:

     She commenced her conversation with the King and his companion by saying, "Pray, do not suspend your fleurettes on my account; next to being in love myself, I like to see other people in love. I shall be a charming confidante.....Christina drew to the card-table, and, lolling upon it with her usual indifference, began to watch the progress of the game, which was now resumed."

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flœ.ʁɛt/

Noun

fleurettes f

1. plural of fleurette