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tarok

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ta⋅rok

[tuh-rok]
–noun
a card game dating probably from the Renaissance and still popular in central Europe, originally played with a special pack of 78 cards but now usually played with 32 cards of a regular pack together with 22 tarots.

Origin:
1605–15; < obs. It tarocco; see tarot
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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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