Pinochle Definition
pēnukəl, pēnäkəl
noun
Any of a family of card games, usually for three or four persons and typically played with a 48-card deck made up of two of every card above the eight, including the ace.
Webster's New World
The meld of the queen of spades and the jack of diamonds in this game.
Webster's New World
Origin of Pinochle
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Perhaps from German dialectal Binokel beziquelike card game from French dialectal binocle spectacles from New Latin bīnoculus the two eyes Latin bīnī two each dwo- in Indo-European roots Latin oculus eye okw- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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