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Chemin de fer

//ʃəˌmæ̃ də ˈfɛə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A card game, a variation of baccarat. uncountable

    "Bond had spent the last two afternoons and most of the nights at the Casino, playing complicated progression systems on the even chances at roulette. He made a high banco at chemin-de-fer whenever he heard one offered."

  2. 2
    a card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker; the player wins who holds 2 or 3 cards that total closest to nine wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from French chemin de fer (literally “railway”), from being a faster variant of baccarat.

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