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tarrock
tarrock (ˈtærək) [Of uncertain origin; the ending -ock is app. diminutive, as in puttock, etc.] A name applied locally to various sea-birds: in the Shetland Islands, to the Arctic Tern; elsewhere to the Kittiwake, to the young of the Common Gull, and to the Common Guillemot.1674 Ray Collect. Words, ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Tapp (card game)
In 1901, Tapp was reported to be one of the most popular penny ante games in the city of Pforzheim in Baden alongside Cego, Sixty-Six, Skat and Tarrock wikipedia.org
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torrock
torrock local form of tarrock, a gull.1752 J. Hill Hist. Anim. 449 The Larus, with a white head, with a spot of black on each side..; Our common people in Cornwall call it the Torrock. Oxford English Dictionary
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Narach (lake)
The shore and islets are nested by different birds, as the mute swan, fish hawk, tarrock, dabchick. wikipedia.org
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tirracke
tirracke, -ick, -ook Sc. dial. ff. tarrock.1792 Statist. Acc. Scot. V. 189 Redshanks, herons, tirricks. 1822 Scott Pirate x, The querulous cry of the tirracke and kittiewake. 1825 Jamieson, Tirracke, Tirrook. Oxford English Dictionary
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rippock
ˈrippock Sc. [Origin obscure: cf. rittoch.] The Common Tern.1813 Montagu Ornith. Dict. Suppl., [In] the Orkney and Zetland Islands..they are known by the..names of Tarrock,..Rittock or Rippock. 1825 Fleming Brit. Anim. 143. Oxford English Dictionary
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Sea Birds Preservation Act 1869
merganser, murre, oyster catcher, petrel, puffin, razor bill, scout, seamew, sea parrot, sea swallow, shearwater, shelldrake, skua, smew, solan goose, tarrock wikipedia.org
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rittock
ˈrittoch, rittock (See quots.)1805 Barry Orkney 303 The Greater Tern,..which is here known by the name of the Rittoch, appears only in summer. 1813 Montagu Ornith. Dict. Suppl., Tern, Common,..Extends to the Orkney and Zetland Islands, where..they are known by the..names of Tarrock.., Rittock or Rip... Oxford English Dictionary
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Sixty-Six (card game)
In 1901, Sixty-Six was reported to be one of the most popular penny ante games in the city of Pforzheim in Baden alongside Cego, Skat, Tapp and Tarrock wikipedia.org
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skua
skua Ornith. (ˈskjuːə) [Adopted by Hoier (c 1604) from the Færoese sk{uacu}gvur (earlier *sk{uacu}vur), = ON. sk{uacu}fr (in mod.Icel. sk{uacu}mur), of uncertain origin.] A predatory gull belonging to the genus Stercorarius, esp. the largest European species, S. catarrhactes, which breeds in Shetlan... Oxford English Dictionary
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Cego
In 1901, Cego was reported to be one of the most popular penny ante games in the city of Pforzheim in Baden alongside Sixty-Six, Skat, Tapp and Tarrock wikipedia.org
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Arctic tern
The Scots names pictarnie, tarrock and their many variants are also believed to be onomatopoeic, derived from the distinctive call. wikipedia.org
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Common tern
The Scots names picktarnie, tarrock and their many variants are also believed to be onomatopoeic, derived from the distinctive call. wikipedia.org
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