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noun

(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

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Noun

A card game, a variation of baccarat.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 603-4:
  
  “Come on,” Kit motioning her with his head over to a chemin-de-fer table

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Noun

Railroad, railway.