A cardgame in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.
From Middle English fisch, from Old English fisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (compare West Frisian sv, Dutch vis, Danish fisk, Norwegian fisk, Swedish fisk, German Fisch), from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ- (compare Irish iasc, Latin piscis).
Deverbal from to fish (etymology 3).
From Old English fiscian, from Proto-West Germanic *fiskōn, from Proto-Germanic *fiskōną.
Borrowed from French fiche ("peg, mark").
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