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chemin-de-fer

chemin-de-fer is the alternative spelling of chemin de fer.

Meaning of chemin de fer

Noun

chemin de fer (uncountable)

  1. A card game, a variation of baccarat.
    • 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.1953, Ian Fleming, chapter 4, in Casino Royale, page 23

Questions about chemin-de-fer

What is chemin-de-fer the alternative spelling of?
Chemin-de-fer is the alternative spelling of chemin de fer.

Words near chemin-de-fer in the dictionary

  1. chemiluminometric
  2. chemiluminometry
  3. CheMin
  4. chemin de fer
  5. chemin de ronde
  6. chemin-de-fer
  7. Cheminar
  8. cheminformatic
  9. cheminformatics
  10. chemins de ronde
  11. chemioautotrophic

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