partie carrée
noun
par·tie car·rée
ˌpärˌtēkäˈrā,
ˌpärtē-
: a party of four persons
as we were a partie carrée, you might have your rubber
A. Conan Doyle
A. Conan Doyle
Word History
Etymology
French, party of two men and two women, from partie party + carrée, feminine of carré square
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