Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A game of cards for two to four persons, played with a special deck of 48 cards, with points being scored by taking tricks and forming certain combinations.
- noun The combination of the queen of spades and jack of diamonds in this game.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
penuchle .
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 card games A card game, similar to
bezique . - noun card games A meld of
jack of diamonds andqueen of spades in said card game.
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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Interesting that “marriage” is a type of meld in pinochle (king and queen of the same suit).
The Volokh Conspiracy » To Meld — What Does “Meld” Mean? 2010
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In fact, one of the things he did when he went to New York was that he went to the Waiters Club in New York, and has an - he was a fiend for pinochle, which is - is it "pin-oakley" or "pin-ockle"?
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This brought the verb meld into much wider circulation than it ever had before, though it had been recorded from the 1880s in connection with other card games, such as pinochle and rummy.
The Volokh Conspiracy » To Meld — What Does “Meld” Mean? 2010
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This brought the verb meld into much wider circulation than it ever had before, though it had been recorded from the 1880s in connection with other card games, such as pinochle and rummy.
The Volokh Conspiracy » To Meld — What Does “Meld” Mean? 2010
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I did play pinochle in college (but only when I couldn’t find a foursome for bridge), but I never really put together the use of the word “meld” in pinochle with any general definition — I just assumed it was a specialized term in pinochle & never gave it any thought (sort of how most people play pinochle, which is why I much preferred bridge).
The Volokh Conspiracy » To Meld — What Does “Meld” Mean? 2010
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I did play pinochle in college (but only when I couldn’t find a foursome for bridge), but I never really put together the use of the word “meld” in pinochle with any general definition — I just assumed it was a specialized term in pinochle & never gave it any thought (sort of how most people play pinochle, which is why I much preferred bridge).
The Volokh Conspiracy » To Meld — What Does “Meld” Mean? 2010
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It was the kind of a hat which was known in that city as a "pinochle"; pronounced "pea-knuckle" by all well-informed boys.
The Old Tobacco Shop A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure William Bowen 1907
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He and his card rivals wore fedoras and smoked and played vicious rounds of pinochle.
Lesley M. M. Blume: Let's Bring Back...Part V Lesley M. M. Blume 2010
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The mobsters proved themselves as cold-blooded murderers and often reminisced about their hits while playing pinochle.
Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011
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New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia said, "I do not want any of the pinochle club atmosphere to take hold among city workers."
'The New Tammany Hall' Matthew Kaminski 2011
rolig commented on the word pinochle
It delights me that this word rhymes with "buckle".
July 20, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word pinochle
In the game of pinochle, the jack of diamonds and queen of spades held in the dealt hand, scored as 40 points.
June 29, 2010