PINOCHLE


Meaning of PINOCHLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpē-ˌnə-kəl ]

noun

Etymology: modification of German dialect Binokel, a game resembling bezique, from French dialect binocle

Date: 1864

: a card game played with a 48-card pack containing two each of A, K, Q, J, 10, 9 in each suit with the object to score points by melding certain combinations of cards or by winning tricks that contain scoring cards ; also : the meld of queen of spades and jack of diamonds scoring 40 points in this game

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.