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French
Etymology
From pic + -oche.
Pronunciation
Noun
pioche f (plural pioches)
- pickaxe
- (card games) stock (stack of undealt cards made available to the players)
- (informal, by extension) chance, luck
- mauvaise pioche ― short straw
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