bezique

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B0222200 (bə-zēk′)n.1. A trick-taking card game for two players that is played with a special deck of 64 cards consisting of the 7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K, and A cards from two different decks.2. The combination of the queen of spades and the jack of diamonds in this game, worth 40 points.

[French bésigue, possibly from Italian bazzica, a kind of card game.]

bezique

(bɪˈziːk) n1. (Card Games) a card game for two or more players with tricks similar to whist but with additional points scored for honours and sequences: played with two packs with nothing below a seven2. (Card Games) (in this game) the queen of spades and jack of diamonds declared together[C19: from French bésigue, of unknown origin]

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(bəˈzik)

n. a card game resembling pinochle but played with more cards. [1860–65; < French bésigue, bézigue]

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bezique - a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whistpenuchle, pinochle, pinoclecard game, cards - a game played with playing cards

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bezique

(bəzēk`), card game usually played with 128 cards by two players. Bezique developed in France and England in the 1860s and originally required only 64 cards; later there were variations for three players with a 96-card pack and for four players with 128 cards. Pinochlepinochle
, card game, probably derived from bezique, that was developed in the United States in the 19th cent. Pinochle is played by two, three, or four players, with a deck of 48 cards containing two each of the aces, face cards, tens, and nines of all four suits.
..... Click the link for more information. is similar and is probably derived from bezique. In the United States the most popular form is the two-handed game, known as rubicon bezique, in which four 32-card packs are shuffled together. The cards in each suit rank ace, ten, king, queen, jack, nine, eight, seven. Each player receives nine cards, and the remaining cards, face down, become the stock. Trump suit is determined by the first marriage (king and queen of the same suit) declared. The nondealer leads, and his opponent follows, playing any card he desires. Highest card of the suit led or highest trump wins the trick. The winner of a trick leads to the next trick after first drawing the top card of the stock, with his opponent then drawing the next card from the stock. Play continues with nine cards to a hand until the stock is exhausted. Certain combinations of cards score various points. The player with the most points wins and receives a bonus of 500. If the loser is rubiconed (has a total of less than 1,000 points), the winner's score includes the sum of his and the loser's final totals and a bonus of 1,000.

bezique

1. a card game for two or more players with tricks similar to whist but with additional points scored for honours and sequences: played with two packs with nothing below a seven 2. (in this game) the queen of spades and jack of diamonds declared together

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

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