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fleurettes

fleurettes is the plural of fleurette.

Noun

fleurettes (uncountable)

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

Questions about fleurettes

What does fleurettes mean?
Fleurettes means a card game from the seventeenth century.
What is fleurettes the plural of?
Fleurettes is the plural of fleurette.
What part of speech is fleurettes?
Fleurettes is a noun.

Words near fleurettes in the dictionary

  1. Fleurants
  2. fleurdelisé
  3. fleuret
  4. fleurets
  5. fleurette
  6. fleurettes
  7. fleuretty
  8. fleurettée
  9. Fleuri
  10. fleuron
  11. fleurons

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