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penuckle

penuckle 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 penuckle

What is penuckle the alternative form of?
Penuckle is the alternative form of pinochle.

Words near penuckle in the dictionary

  1. Pentz
  2. Pentzes
  3. penuche
  4. penuchi
  5. penuchle
  6. penuckle
  7. Penuel
  8. Penukonda
  9. penult
  10. penultima
  11. penultima law

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