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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 430 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TAROK , a See also:

game of See also:cards very popular in See also:Austria and See also:Germany, and played to a limited extent in some parts of See also:France. See also:Special cards are used, and the rules are complicated. The name Tarot was originally given by the Italians to a certain card in the See also:pack as See also:early as the 13th See also:century, but was afterwards applied to the game itself.

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