pinochle
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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
Irma, Agnes, Bertha, Floyd—they sound like finalists in a pinochle tournament.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 25, 2019
Dionysus sat at the pinochle table in his tiger- striped Hawaiian shirt with his Diet Coke, just as he had on my first day.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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