bezique

/bəˈziːk/
noun
  1. A card game for two players, similar to pinochle, using a double deck of 64 cards.
    • She won the bezique tournament at the local community center.
    • My grandparents taught me how to play bezique during our summer visits.
    • They spent the rainy afternoon playing bezique by the fireplace.
  2. A combination of the queen of spades and jack of diamonds in the game of bezique, worth 40 points.
    • Declaring a bezique requires both the queen of spades and jack of diamonds.
    • She was thrilled to finally get a bezique after several rounds.
    • He scored a bezique and jumped ahead in the game.
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