7 June 2016
pinochle
[pee-nuhk-uh l, -nok-]
noun
1. a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck.
2. a meld of the queen of spades and the jack of diamonds in this game.
Also, penuchle, penuckle, pinocle.
Origin of pinochle
Swiss German, Swiss French, French
1860-1865, Americanism; < Swiss German Binokel, Binoggel < Swiss French binocle literally, pince-nez (see binocle1), probably adopted as synonym of the less current French besicles spectacles, folk-etymological alteration of bezigue bezique
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Examples from the Web for pinochle
Contemporary Examples
It’s a diversion, much like pinochle or gin rummy were in the days when there were only three TV channels.
Newt Gingrich Isn’t Doomed, Even After a Failed Presidential Campaign
Rich Galen
May 1, 2012
Historical Examples
After that, he divided his time between two saloons, where he played dominoes and pinochle, and his own house.
The Crevice
William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander
“Got change for a dollar, an’ I’ll settle that pinochle debt,” offered the sergeant.
The Drums Of Jeopardy
Harold MacGrath
Valmore and Freedom Smith went over to the livery barn for a game of pinochle.
Windy McPherson’s Son
Sherwood Anderson
It was like him to forget all about the herder and the promise of pinochle that night.
The Uphill Climb
B. M. Bower
Dirty trick to break up a pinochle game in weather like this.
Cue for Quiet
Thomas L. Sherred
The house was peaceful, that evening, and he enjoyed a game of pinochle with his wife.
Babbitt
Sinclair Lewis
And I am glad to point out also that the pinochle game is not necessarily broken up.
More Tish
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Euchre doesn’t seem the same without a barful of people, and pinochle is not the game that Stein is good at.
Cue for Quiet
Thomas L. Sherred
Auction bridge is played with cards, just like pinochle, with the exception of the beer.
You Should Worry Says John Henry
George V. Hobart
Anagram
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Today’s quote
Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.
– Mahatma Gandhi
On this day
7 June 1099 – the First Crusade: Siege of Jerusalem begins.
7 June 1893 – Mohandas Gandhi commits his first act of civil disobedience.
7 June 1929 – The Lateran Treaty is ratified by the Italian Parliament, allowing Vatican City to become an independent sovereign state.
7 June 1954 – death of Alan Turing, British mathematician and computer scientist. Turing is considered to be the father of computer science and artificial intelligence. He invented the ‘Turing machine’ which formulated the computer algorithm. It’s the forerunner for the modern computer. During World War 2, Turing was instrumental in cracking German messages encrypted by the Enigma machine. Sadly, Turing’s achievements were overshadowed by him being charged with gross indecency after admitting to being in a homosexual relationship. On 31 March 1952, following his guilty plea, he was chemically castrated. Two years later, on 7 June 1954,Turing took his own life with cyanide. On 10 September 2009, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown publicly apologised on behalf of the British Government for the ‘appalling way he was treated’. On 23 December 2013, Queen Elizabeth II issued a posthumous royal pardon, clearing Turing of the charge of gross indecency. Born 23 June 1912.
7 June 1975 – the inaugural World Cup cricket match is held in London.
7 June 2015 – death of Christopher Lee, CBE, English actor and singer. Lee starred in hammer horror movies, including Dracula (in which he played the title character), Dracula has risen from the grave, Taste the Blood of Dracula, and Scars of Dracula. Fearing that he would become type-cast in horror roles as had happened to Vincent Price and Peter Cushing, he went in search of other roles. Lee starred in the 1974 James Bond film, The Man with the Golden Gun. He played Saruman in Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit trilogies, and Count Dooku in two of the Star Wars prequel films, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. Born 27 May 1922.