pinochle
☆ or pinocle
noun
- any of a family of card games, usually for three or four persons and typically played with a 48-card deck made up of two of every card above the eight, including the ace
- the meld of the queen of spades and the jack of diamonds in this game
See pinochle in American Heritage Dictionary 4
or pi·noc·le (pēˈnŭkˌəl, -nŏkˌəl) also pe·nuch·le or pe·nuck·le (pēˈnŭkˌəl)
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.
- The combination of the queen of spades and jack of diamonds in this game.