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What does penchant mean?

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Noun
  1. Taste, liking, or inclination (for).
  2. (card game) A card game resembling bezique.
  3. (card game) In the game of penchant, any queen and jack of different suits held at the same time.
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Abraham had a penchant for being critical and had no hesitation in publicly chastising his colleagues, regardless of their rank or position.
It isn't easy being a red-hot lover these days, but take heart, help is at hand for those with a penchant for penning a love poem.
His tendency to represent himself combined with a penchant for a badly timed wisecrack at the judge have sealed his fate time after time.
He's also got a penchant for shoe lifts to add to his 5 foot 7 inch height.
Politicians have a penchant for going round the houses when answering tough questions.
The Earl's penchant is for real tennis, the sport through which he met his wife.

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