piquette
/pɪkˈɛt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "At dinner Pierre takes a glass of piquette, saying that they had too much wine the day before (the fête day). I look at Charles, and he has piquette too."
- "She gave him a glass of piquette and a hunch of bread."
- "The latter is usually utilized in the South of France for the production of piquettes, or the manufacture of spirit; the alcohol may be obtained by direct distillation or by the distillation of the piquettes. […] Through the same procedure the third vessel charged with the liquid from the second will yield a piquette containing 8·75 per cent. of alcohol, and the fourth vessel charged with the liquid from the third will yield a piquette containing 9·5 per cent."
- "With bread for his soup, a bottle of piquette on the table, onions and potatoes, he can carry on."
- "The men were given a daily ration of a small bottle of piquette or watered down wine with their lunch and evening meal."
Etymology
From French piquette.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: piquette