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tarabish

tarabish noun: a trick-taking card game spread throughout the British Empire by Scottish soldiers, and still played in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; Lebanon; and Afghanistan.

Noun

tarabish (uncountable)

  1. A trick-taking card game spread throughout the British Empire by Scottish soldiers, and still played in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; Lebanon; and Afghanistan.

Questions about tarabish

What does tarabish mean?
Tarabish means a trick-taking card game spread throughout the British Empire by Scottish soldiers, and still played in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; Lebanon; and Afghanistan.
What part of speech is tarabish?
Tarabish is a noun.

Words near tarabish in the dictionary

  1. Tara ferns
  2. tara gum
  3. tara gums
  4. Tara Hills
  5. Taraba
  6. tarabish
  7. tarabooka
  8. tarabookas
  9. Tarabul
  10. Taracahita
  11. Taracahitan

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