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peaknuckle

peaknuckle is the alternative form of pinochle.

Meaning of pinochle

Noun

pinochle (countable and uncountable, plural pinochles)

  1. A card game, similar to bezique.
    • He remembered all—every pinochle game, every woman, every sad night.1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC
  2. A meld of the jack of diamonds and queen of spades in that card game.

Questions about peaknuckle

What is peaknuckle the alternative form of?
Peaknuckle is the alternative form of pinochle.

Words near peaknuckle in the dictionary

  1. peaklike
  2. peakling
  3. peakness
  4. peaknik
  5. peakniks
  6. peaknuckle
  7. peakon
  8. peakons
  9. peaks
  10. peaks of eternal light
  11. peakset

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