Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A game of cards differing but slightly from bezique.
- noun A game of cards; a variety of bezique.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A game at cards, played with forty-eight cards, being all the cards above the eight spots in two packs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
pinochle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist
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Examples
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"She thought I could wait on you," screamed Nance, "and read to you and play penuchle."
Calvary Alley Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice 1906
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"And, now, what do you say to a game of penuchle till dinner, a penny a point?"
The Lure of the Mask Harold MacGrath 1901
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Rational Review 2009
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a penuchle game, and Whitey begins by suggestin 'that we hear how he's done some clever work on the Allston case.
Torchy, Private Sec. Sewell Ford 1907
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"Not that I approve of playing cards, but Cousin Lucretia was always a bit worldly minded, and playing penuchle seems to be the chief diversion of her declining years.
Calvary Alley Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice 1906
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