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mah-jong

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mah-jong

Originally an ancient Chinese card game, dating from the Song dynasty 960–1279. It is now usually played by four people with 144 small ivory tiles, divided into three suits, dots (also called balls or circles), lines (also called bamboos), and characters.



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