pinochle, pinocle, penuchle, bezique
(noun) a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bezique (countable and uncountable, plural beziques)
A trick-taking card game for two players.
The act of taking certain cards in this game: the queen of spades and jack of diamonds, or (if either of those suits is trumps) the queen of clubs and jack of hearts.
Source: Wiktionary
Bé*zique", n. Etym: [F. bésigue.]
Definition: A game at cards in which various combinations of cards in the hand, when declared, score points.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 February 2025
(verb) reach the summit (of a mountain); “They breasted the mountain”; “Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
