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chemin de fer

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che⋅min de fer

  [shuh-man duh fair; Fr. shuh-manduh fer]
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–noun Cards.
a variation of baccarat.
Origin:
1890–95; < F: lit., railroad; so called from the speed of the game
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che·min de fer   (shə-māɴ' də fâr')   
n.  A variation of baccarat.

[French, railroad : chemin, way + de, of + fer, iron.]
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