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Definition of chemin de fer noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

chemin de fer

noun

/ʃəˌmæ̃ də ˈfeə(r)/

/ʃəˌmæ̃ də ˈfer/

[uncountable]

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a card game that is a form of baccarat
Word Originlate 19th cent.: French, literally ‘railway’.

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