pinochle(n = noun.act) bezique, penuchle, 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

   A game at cards, played with forty-eight cards, being all the cards above the eight spots in two packs. [1913 Webster]

   A game at cards, played with forty-eight cards, being all the cards above the eight spots in two packs. [1913 Webster]

pinochle, n. US 1 a card-game with a double pack of 48 cards (nine to ace only).
2 the combination of queen of spades and jack of diamonds in this game.

Etymology:
19th c.: orig. unkn.