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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 for odds given in the games of tennis, lawn tennis, croquet and golf; in the two former a bisque is one point to be taken at any time during a "set" at the choice of the receiver of the odds, while in croquet and golf it is one extra stroke to be taken similarly during a game. The name is given, in cookery, to a thick soup, made particularly of crayfish or lobsters.