"pinochle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpiˌnʌk.l̩/ [US] Forms: pinochles [plural], pinocle [alternative]
enPR: pēʹ-nŭk-əl [US] Etymology: Perhaps from German Binokel, French binocle (literally “pince-nez”), a related card game. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|Binokel}} German Binokel, {{der|en|fr|binocle|lit=pince-nez}} French binocle (literally “pince-nez”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pinochle (countable and uncountable, plural pinochles)
  1. (card games) A card game, similar to bezique. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Card games
    Sense id: en-pinochle-en-noun-4Pytuu4t Topics: card-games, games
  2. (card games) A meld of the jack of diamonds and queen of spades in that card game. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Card games
    Sense id: en-pinochle-en-noun-pFY9bae7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 76 Topics: card-games, games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pinochle rummy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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