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pinochle

pi·noch·le [ p nùk'l, p nòk'l ] (plural pi·noch·les) or pi·noc·le [ p nùk'l, p nòk'l ] (plural pi·noc·les) or pe·nuch·le [ p nùk'l, p nòk'l ] (plural pe·nuch·les) or pe·nuck·le [ p nùk'l, p nòk'l ] (plural pe·nuck·les)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. card game with incomplete decks: a card game for two or four players using two decks of cards that do not include two to eight. Certain combinations of cards score points, as do tricks taken.

2. winning combination of cards: a combination of the queen of spades and the jack of diamonds in the game of pinochle

[Mid-19th century. Origin ?]
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