chemin de fer
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ʃəˌmæ̃ də ˈfɛə/
Noun

chemin de fer (uncountable)

  1. A card game, a variation of baccarat.
    • 2005, Mark Zegarelli, Poker Logic Puzzles, ISBN 9781402723964, page 73:
      The person who left at 1:00 is either Alice or the woman who played chemin de fer (9), so in either case she is a woman.
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 603-4:
      “Come on,” Kit motioning her with his head over to a chemin-de-fer table



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