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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A card game, similar to bezique. countable, uncountable

   "He remembered all—every pinochle game, every woman, every sad night."

2. 2
   a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist wordnet
3. 3
   A meld of the jack of diamonds and queen of spades in that card game. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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beziquepenuchlepinocle

Example

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"He remembered all—every pinochle game, every woman, every sad night."

Etymology

Perhaps from German Binokel, French binocle (literally “pince-nez”), a related card game.

Related phrases

pinochle rummyjack of diamondsqueen of spades

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