n. A sequence of five cards of the same suit in one hand in piquet. [French quinte, from Old French, interval of a fifth (in music), feminine of quint, fifth, from Latin quīntus; see penkwe in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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n. A quintuplet. |
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