BISQUE (a French word of unknown origin, formerly spelt in English " bilk ")

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BISQUE (a French word of unknown origin, formerly spelt in English " bilk ") , a

term

TERM

for odds given in the

games

GAMES, CLASSICAL

tennis

TENNIS (sometimes called royal tennis, and, in America, court tennis)

lawn

LAWN

tennis

TENNIS (sometimes called royal tennis, and, in America, court tennis)

croquet

CROQUET (from Fr. trot, a crook, or crooked stick)

and golf; in the two former a

bisque

BISQUE (a
French
- FRENCH
- CHESTER
  - CHESTER
  - CHESTER, EARLS OF
  _1850_.html">FRENCH, DANIEL
  CHESTER
  - CHESTER
  - CHESTER, EARLS OF
  (1850– )
- FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)
word of unknown origin, formerly spelt in
English
- ENGLISH
" bilk ")

is one point to be taken at any time during a "set" at the choice of the receiver of the odds, while in

croquet

CROQUET (from Fr. trot, a crook, or crooked stick)

and golf it is one extra stroke to be taken similarly during a

game

GAME

. The name is given, in cookery, to a thick soup, made particularly of crayfish or lobsters.

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