pinochle n 1: a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist [syn: {pinochle}, {pinocle}, {penuchle}, {bezique}]
Penuchle \Pe"nu*chle\, Pinocle \Pin"o*cle\ Pinochle \Pin"o*chle\, n. A game at cards, played with forty-eight cards, being all the cards above the eight spots in two packs. [1913 Webster]
Pinochle \Pin"o*chle\, Pinocle \Pin"o*cle\, n. A game at cards, played with forty-eight cards, being all the cards above the eight spots in two packs. [Also spelled {penuchle}.] [1913 Webster +PJC]