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Baccarat   /bˌɑkərˈɑ/   Listen
Baccarat

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.  Synonym: chemin de fer.






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"Baccarat" Quotes from Famous Books



... Bartons went abroad, and Olive flirted with foreign titles—French Counts, Spanish Dukes, Russian Princes, Swedish noblemen of all kinds, and a goodly number of English refugees with irreproachable neckties and a taste for baccarat. In the balmy gardens of Ostend and Boulogne, jubilant with June and the overture of Masaniello, Milord and Mrs. Barton walked in front, talking and laughing gracefully. Olive chose him who flattered her the most outrageously; and Alice strove hard to talk ...
— Muslin • George Moore



Words linked to "Baccarat" :   chemin de fer, cards, card game



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