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/pɑːˈtiː/, U.S. /pɑrˈti/ Now rare.
A game, esp. a game of piquet; a match in a game.
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society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > game or definite spell of play
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > [noun] > game or match
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1565 T. Randolph Let. 7 Apr. in Cal. State Papers Scotl. (1900) II. 142 To play a partie at a playe theie call the biles, my mestres Beton and I agaynste the Quene and my lord Darlye—the women to have the gayne of the wynninges.
1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews iv. 344 She returned to London in a few days, where a young Captain of Dragoons, together with eternal Parties at Cards, soon obliterated the Memory of Joseph.
1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. cv. 171 He was engaged in a partie of cards, at a drum in the house of a certain lady of quality.
1816 S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 16 The parties at Cards are doubled.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair li. 451 Champignac was very fond of écarté, and made many parties with the Colonel of evenings.
1876 A. Campbell-Walker Correct Card Gloss. p. xiii Partie, the same players playing two rubbers consecutively, or, should it be necessary, a third rubber, to decide which is the best of the three rubbers.
1972 P. O'Brian Post Captain x. 281 The other officers..watched them in silence until the end of the sixth partie.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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