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BEZIQUE
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
Etymology
Noun
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
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