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tar·ok also tar·oc   (tār'ək)   
n.  A card game developed in Italy in the 14th century, played with a 78-card pack consisting of four suits plus the 22 tarot cards as trumps.

[Italian tarocchi, pl. of tarocco, tarot.]
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1611, an old card game of Italy, Austria, etc., played with a 78-card deck that includes the tarot cards as trumps; from O.It. tarocchi (pl.); see tarot.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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