CHEMIN DE FER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chemin de fer mean? 

• CHEMIN DE FER (noun)
  The noun CHEMIN DE FER has 1 sense:

1. a card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker; the player wins who holds 2 or 3 cards that total closest to nine

  Familiarity information: CHEMIN DE FER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHEMIN DE FER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker; the player wins who holds 2 or 3 cards that total closest to nine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

baccarat; chemin de fer

Hypernyms ("chemin de fer" is a kind of...):

card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)