1. Plural of bezique; a card game played with two decks of cards, popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Usage: historical; usually used in plural or as the name of the game
2. In the card game bezique, a combination of the queen of spades and jack of diamonds that scores points.
Usage: card game terminology

Examples

• They spent the evening playing beziques, a game that was fashionable among Victorian society.
• The rules of beziques require skill and strategy to win.
• In beziques, declaring a bezique combination could significantly boost your score.
• My grandmother taught me how to play beziques when I was young.
• Beziques was eventually replaced by other card games in popularity.