American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition - n. 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. - n. The
combination of the queen of spades and jack of diamonds in this
game. Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia - n. See penuchle. - n.
card games A card game, similar to bezique. - n. card games A
meld of jack of diamonds and queen of spades in said card game.
GNU Webster's 1913 - n. A game at cards, played with forty-eight
cards, being all the cards above the eight spots in two packs. -
n. a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of
each suit for high cards); play resembles whist - Perhaps from
German dialectal Binokel, beziquelike card game, from French
dialectal binocle, spectacles, from New Latin bīnoculus, the two
eyes : Latin bīnī, two each; see dwo- in Indo-European roots +
Latin oculus, eye; see okw- in Indo-European roots. (American
Heritage® Dictionary o