bezique

[ buh-zeek ]

/ bəˈzik /

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noun Cards.

a game resembling pinochle, originally played with 64 cards and now more commonly with 128 cards and, sometimes, 192 or 256 cards.

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Origin of bezique

1860–65; <French bésigue, bézigue, perhaps <Italian bazzica a similar game, derived variously from bazza trump card, stroke of luck, or bazzicare to frequent, haunt

Words nearby bezique

Bezaleel, bezant, bez antler, bezel, Béziers, bezique, bezoar, bezonian, Bezwada, bf, B.F.A.

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How to use bezique in a sentence

Card games proper, such as Bezique and Cribbage and Whist, do not come into the scope of this book.
What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes|Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Just now in the twilight, the old man sat in his arbour walk and played bezique with the local pastor, when the post arrived.
Historical Miniatures|August Strindberg
A card game of similar name was played in this country half a century ago; it was a kind of bezique.
Mazes and Labyrinths|W. H. Matthews
Every one knows that bezique is played with four packs of cards, and that the number of points may be continued indefinitely.
Zibeline, Complete|Phillipe de Massa

Let them have long evenings together while their elders play chess or a hand at bezique.
The Last Hope|Henry Seton Merriman

British Dictionary definitions for bezique

bezique

/ (bɪˈziːk) /

noun

a card game for two or more players with tricks similar to whist but with additional points scored for honours and sequences: played with two packs with nothing below a seven

(in this game) the queen of spades and jack of diamonds declared together

Word Origin for bezique

C19: from French bésigue, of unknown origin

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