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penchant


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Penchant  \Pen`chant"\,  n.  (Card  Playing) 
  A  game  like  b['e]zique,  or  in  the  game,  any  queen  and  jack 
  of  different  suits  held  together. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Penchant  \Pen`chant"\,  n.  [F.,  fr  pencher  to  bend,  fr 
  (assumed)  LL  pendicare  L.  pendere.  See  {Pendant}.] 
  Inclination;  decided  taste;  bias;  as  a  penchant  for  art. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  penchant 
  n  :  a  strong  liking;  "my  own  preference  is  for  good  literature"; 
  "the  Irish  have  a  penchant  for  blarney";  "martinis  are  an 
  acquired  taste"  [syn:  {preference},  {predilection},  {taste}] 




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