chemin de fer
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chemin de fer
- /ʃəˌmæ̃ də ˈfɛə/ UK
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Borrowed from French chemin de fer (literally “railway”), from being a faster variant of baccarat.
noun chemin-de-fer
- A card game, a variation of baccarat. 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.
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@misc{chemin_de_fer_2026,
title = {chemin de fer},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chemin%20de%20fer},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
