pinochle

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He has taught me to play pinochle, and I fill his pipe for him.

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  1. noun A game of cards for two to four persons, played with a special deck of 48 cards, with points being scored by taking tricks and forming certain combinations.
  2. noun The combination of the queen of spades and jack of diamonds in this game.

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  • And you stagger toward her through the crowds, past heaped and denuded cots, past old folks and younger folks: some blessedly zonked, some playing card games like Uno, Old Maid, pinochle, or Cut Throat, and some gazing ceiling-ward as if awaiting the Voice of God the Freshly Merciful. —  Asimov'sSF,July2008
  • Thursday: Whist, 1 p.m. Friday: Bingo at 12: 15 p.m. All Parker Center activities which include Bingo, pinochle, whist, bridge, pool, Wii and all regular monthly activities are now open to anyone ages 55 or older. —  Minot Daily News
  • We have plans this weekend that definitely include pinochle, and might include getting sloppy with friends and / or a short overnight trip to the mountains. —  Holidailies 2008
  • South Side Senior Center: pinochle, daily; bingo, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; painting, —  Breaking News from thetimes-tribune.com
  • Beginners pinochle - Monday and Wednesday, 12: 45 p.m. —  The Herald-Mail Online
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  1. Perhaps from German dialectal Binokel, beziquelike card game, from French dialectal binocle, spectacles, from New Latin bīnoculus, the two eyes : Latin bīnī, two each; see dwo- in Indo-European roots + Latin oculus, eye; see okw- in Indo-European roots.
 

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