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| 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) |
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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.
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2. winning combination of cards: a combination of the queen of spades and the jack of diamonds in the game of pinochle
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| [Mid-19th century. Origin ?] |
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