/pee"nuk euhl, -nok-/ , n.
1. a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck.
2. a meld of the queen of spades and the jack of diamonds in this game.
Also, penuchle, penuckle, pinocle .
[ 1860-65, Amer.; Binokel, Binoggel binocle lit., pince-nez (see BINOCLE 1 ), prob. adopted as synonym of the less current F besicles spectacles, folk-etymological alter. of bezigue BEZIQUE ]