pinochle
Example Sentences
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Whatever the task — from roasting peanuts for his grandfather’s pinochle buddies to building a tool shed from scratch — it had to be done right.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2022
The Prius driver, Robert Hassan, was a 76-year-old retired physician and Air Force colonel driving home after playing pinochle with friends, according to his brother.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2022
He spends much of his time watching any one of his six grandkids or playing pinochle and dominoes.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 8, 2021
Compared with Y.A., prison was a holiday: he was put in the general population, and he had a TV in his cell, he was playing horseshoes and pinochle, he had a job.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 4, 2016
He explained, impatiently, how you bid in pinochle, and so I did.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
