bezique

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist

Borrowed from French bésigue, of unknown origin.

Harry stroked his nose and said humbly, “Bezique? — Main Street, Sinclair Lewis
“Club? a game of bezique, champagne with Ignatov? — Anna Karenina, Leo, graf Tolstoy
Mother and I--Lady Doak, I should say, we usually play a hand of bezique and go to bed at ten. — Babbitt, Sinclair Lewis

pinochle, pinocle, penuchle

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