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

Word History

Etymology

French, party of two men and two women, from partie party + carrée, feminine of carré square

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