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from The Century Dictionary.

  • An obsolete spelling of pique.

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  • Anyways, devant le succés grandissant de ton blog, je crois que au prochain picque - nique il faudrat louer tout le parc en entier afin de pouvoir faire rentrer tout tes fans. superbouffy |

    compte rendu 2007

  • A Q&A session at the end is pretty much a given, but what else would picque yer interests?

    Archive 2008-10-01 Hal Duncan 2008

  • A Q&A session at the end is pretty much a given, but what else would picque yer interests?

    Utopiales Hal Duncan 2008

  • By ohbethany, July 16, 2009 @ 1:45 am also, re Medway, ‘picque’ was a Serious Young Freudian Slip?

    Cheeseburger Gothic » OMFG! You totally, totally have to go here. 2009

  • It gets the message of hilariously awful cakes across well, and it looks weird/colourful enough to picque the interest of someone who doesn't know the blog.

    Choose the Cake Wrecks Cover! Jen 2009

  • This isn't as obvious to the naked eye as peek/picque or to/to0/two, but it's the same kind of mistake.

    Archive 2006-09-03 Miss Snark 2006

  • They are also talking about implementing all sorts of rule changes before next year in order to picque the interest of the fans and bring them back to the game.

    Why the NHL should be blogging 2005

  • “Oh, there is no rose sans picque,” replied Mrs. Nesbitt.

    Isabella. A Novel 1823

  • Martin say: "If I go to picquet ... he will picque and repicque, and capot me twenty times together" I believe that these terms in Molière's and

    The Pretentious Young Ladies 1622-1673 Moli��re 1647

  • I was intrigued by the many positive reviews, and wanted to picque her interest in science.

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2009

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