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Meaning of chemin de fer | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ʃəˌmæ̃ də ˈfɛə

Definitions

A card game, a variation of baccarat.

uncountable

Equivalents

Français chemin de fer

Examples

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

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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