bezique(n = noun.act) penuchle, pinochle, pinocle - a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist;
is a kind of card game, cards
bezique, n.
1 a card-game for two with a double pack of 64 cards, including the ace to seven only in each suit.
2 a combination of the queen of spades and the jack of diamonds in this game.
Etymology:
F b{eacute}sigue, perh. f. Pers. bazigar juggler