preÂ·cook to cook partially or completely, for final preparation at a later time Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright Â© 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Pinochle is a popular American card game. The basic game is played with two players, but there are several popular variants that incorporate more players, most notably auction pinochle and partnership pinochle. The game is a combination of trick-taking and melding, coming off like a mix of euchre, rummy, and canasta. Rules of the Game. The pinochle deck
Elena, the pan-European version of Helen has never been as popular in the U.S. as it is now -- ranking at Number 106 -- due to the overall popularity of E-names, and to Elena's accessibility as what we might call 'exotic lite.' It is also ranking other countries as well--it is Number 20 in Spain.