All 4 Uses of
pique
in
Main Street
- One window of excellent clothes for men, interspersed with collars of floral pique which showed mauve daisies on a saffron ground.†
Chpt 4
- She was piqued.†
Chpt 4 *
- He talks so refined, and oh, the lugs he puts on—belted coat, and pique collar with a gold pin, and socks to match his necktie, and honest—you won't believe this, but I got it straight—this fellow, you know he's staying at Mrs. Gurrey's punk old boarding-house, and they say he asked Mrs. Gurrey if he ought to put on a dress-suit for supper!†
Chpt 28
- For all his willingness to play there was over him a melancholy which piqued her.†
Chpt 38
Definition:
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(pique as in: in a pique about it) a feeling of resentment or indignation; or to excite such a feeling