Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. 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.
Wiktionary
- n. card games The four aces, kings, queens, jacks, or tens, in the game of piquet, any of these counting as fourteen points.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The four aces, kings, queens, knaves, or tens, in the game of piquet; -- so called because
quatorze counts as fourteen points.
Etymologies
- Borrowing from French. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Petite danseuse de quatorze ans bronze with muslin skirt and satin hair ribbon with wooden base”
“By the time I got to quince, I went to French, because I could count up to quatorze in French.”
“Perhaps on quatorze juillet New Orleans should celebrate by storming the D. A.'s office and removing Eddie Jordan.”
“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.”
The Wall Street Journal: Case of the Blues for London Auctions
“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.”
The Wall Street Journal: Art-World Jitters Ahead of Contemporary Auctions
“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.”
“Edgar Degas's iconic bronze sculpture "Petite danseuse de quatorze ans," depicting a teenage ballet dancer, is estimated at £9 million-£12 million.”
“A translation that missed the boat/Pourquoi chercher midi à quatorze heures ?”
“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 ?
“Likewise, there is great variation in the nature of ordinary, lived experience -- for middle-class French families celebrating quatorze Juillet, for Californians celebrating July 4, and for Brazilians enjoying Dia da Independência on September 7.”
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