pioche
Meanings
Noun
1. pickaxe
2. stock (stack of undealt cards made available to the players) (card games)
3. chance, luck (informal, by extension)
Examples5
mauvaise pioche
short straw
Entendez-vous ces coups de pioche ?
Do you hear those pickaxe sounds?
Où est la pioche ?
Where is the pickaxe?
Bonne pioche !
Good pick!
J'ai une pioche, deux pelles et une brouette.
I have a pick, two shovels and a wheelbarrow.