pinochle

[ pee-nuhk-uhl, -nok- ]

/ ˈpi nʌk əl, -nɒk- /

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noun

a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck.

a meld of the queen of spades and the jack of diamonds in this game.

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Also penuchle, penuckle, pi·noc·le.

Origin of pinochle

1860–65, Americanism;<Swiss German Binokel, Binoggel<Swiss French binocle literally, pince-nez (see binocle¹), probably adopted as synonym of the less current French besicles spectacles, folk-etymological alteration of beziguebezique

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How to use pinochle in a sentence

Sometimes the proposed excursion was a pinocle party or a visit to the theatre, but the dénouement was always the same.
Elkan Lubliner, American|Montague Glass
I think it was you and Kamin told me that real estate is a game the same like auction pinocle?
Elkan Lubliner, American|Montague Glass
Martha said she didn't play bridge and upon Annie's timid suggestion of pinocle, said she had never heard of it.
The Butterfly House|Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
“I am always going to play pinocle with you Sunday forenoons as long as you live, grandmother,” said she.
The Butterfly House|Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

Would you believe me, Abe, I tried to get up a game of auction pinocle there and I couldn't do it!
Abe and Mawruss|Montague Glass

British Dictionary definitions for pinochle

pinochle

penuchle, penuckle or pinocle

/ (ˈpiːnʌkəl) /

noun

a card game for two to four players similar to bezique

the combination of queen of spades and jack of diamonds in this game

Word Origin for pinochle

C19: of unknown origin

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pinochle

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British Dictionary definitions for pinochle

penuchle, penuckle or pinocle

Word Origin for pinochle