Etymology

chemin de fer

Today it means: A card game, a variation of baccarat. Full definition →

French chemin de fer
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  1. French · borrowed fromchemin de fer
  2. English todaychemin de fer

Borrowed from French chemin de fer (literally “railway”), from being a faster variant of baccarat.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.