Definition of "pinochle"

pinochle

/ˈpiˌnʌk.l̩/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural pinochles
1. (card games) A card game, similar to bezique.
  Quotations
  He remembered all—every pinochle game, every woman, every sad night.
  1957, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Viking Press
2. (card games) A meld of the jack of diamonds and queen of spades in that card game.