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  • The first possibility that comes to mind -- one that we may quickly discount -- is the possibility that the word tarocchi arose by analogy with malocchio, the infamous Italian ` evil-eye, 'although the Tarot was long considered by God-fearing Christians as "the devil's picturebook."

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol III No 1 1976

  • I never saw another pack like them, but he said he they were played just as one played tarocchi, which is now all the rage across the world.

    Book of Emblems Young Geoffrion 2009

  • I never saw another pack like them, but he said he they were played just as one played tarocchi, which is now all the rage across the world.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Young Geoffrion 2009

  • "tarocchi" (plural of tarocco) ` a game played with 78 cards painted with suns, moons, devils and monks. '

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol III No 1 1976

  • Thu 10/05/06 12:49 AM dfg34hdb cartomante tarocchi valeria caro cicerone online

    On the Scene at the Toronto Film Festival: 'Barley,' Bong, and Borat | EW.com 2006

  • The deck was composed of 56 cards of the ordinary Italian suits (coppe, spade, bastoni, and denari) plus 21 tarocchi or trumps, and an additional card, ` the fool '(il matto).

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol III No 1 1976

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