Obs. [a. Fr. alpiou, a. It. al piú ‘for the more, for most.’] In the game of basset, a mark put on a card to indicate that the player doubles his stake after winning.
1693. Southerne, Maid’s Last Pr., III. i. (1721), II. 46. You have discretion enough to win all our money; I’ll take your word for any thing but an Alpieu.
1768. Lady M. Montague, Poems (1785), 13. Ah! madam, since my Sharper is untrue, I joyless make my once ador’d alpieu.
