chemin de fer
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From French chemin de fer ‘railway’.
[edit] Noun
chemin de fer (uncountable)
- A card game, a variation of baccarat.
- 2005, Mark Zegarelli, Poker Logic Puzzles, ISBN-13: 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
- 2005, Mark Zegarelli, Poker Logic Puzzles, ISBN-13: 9781402723964, page 73:
[edit] French
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ʃə.mɛ̃ də fɛʁ/
[edit] Noun
chemin de fer m. (plural chemins de fer)
