chemin de fer

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Definition of chemin de fer in English English dictionary

A card game, a variation of baccarat

Come on,” Kit motioning her with his head over to a chemin-de-fer table.

or shimmy Card game in which two or three cards are dealt to up to 12 players, who bet one at a time against each other rather than against the house. The winning hand is the one that comes closer to but does not exceed a count of

The game (whose French name means "railroad") derives from baccarat and has similar rules

Etymology

() From French chemin de fer ‘railway’.