baccarat
bac·ca·rat [ ˌbä-kə-ˈrä]
[ˌbä-kə-ˈrä]
: a card game resembling chemin de fer in which three hands are dealt and players may bet either or both hands against the dealer's
also : a two-handed version in which players may bet on or against either hand
Recent Examples on the Web
//At night, the club offers a massive venue, 45 VIP gaming tables with blackjack, baccarat and other table games, and an LED centerpiece developed by lighting designer Steve Lieberman of SJ Lighting, who has designed stages for Coachella.
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Mackenzie Schmidt, PEOPLE.com, "See Inside the World's First Guitar-Shaped Hotel: PEOPLE Takes an Exclusive Tour," 24 Oct. 2019
//The poker tables were noisy with the clatter of chips, the craps tables were hosting a lively game, and a large group converged at the baccarat tables.
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BostonGlobe.com, "But the Encore has become a significant new draw in the Boston area, even if the gambling traffic is modest by the lofty standards Wynn set in pursuit of its license.," 17 Sep. 2019
//Inside the casino on a recent Friday night, many of the baccarat tables were empty, while poker, craps and blackjack all were doing steady business.
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Jesse Mckinley, New York Times, "Why a $1.2 Billion Gambling Mecca Has Fallen on Hard Times," 16 Aug. 2019
//Upon losing yet another hand of baccarat, one of the men betting against us hit the felt top of the table with the side of his fist.
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Chia-chia Lin, The New Yorker, "A novelist’s stint impersonating the ultra-rich in China.," 16 July 2019
//One evening during opening week at the high-limit baccarat tables, all the players were Asian, a common occurrence at all hours, according to reporters’ observations over eight days.
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Joshua Miller, BostonGlobe.com, "At new casino, luck be a lady — and a man, black, white, Latino, Asian, old, and young," 6 July 2019
//On a recent night at the City of Dreams casino, Chinese baccarat players were wagering tens of thousands of dollars a hand in VIP rooms.
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Alice Su, latimes.com, "China has a new casino: the Philippines," 1 July 2019
//At the baccarat table, my persona was a woman who was entertaining a man—that is, a woman who owned a company, showing one of her male investors a good time at the gaming tables.
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Chia-chia Lin, The New Yorker, "A novelist’s stint impersonating the ultra-rich in China.," 16 July 2019
//Last week, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Taiwanese speakers filled the baccarat and pai go tables.
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Joshua Miller, BostonGlobe.com, "At new casino, luck be a lady — and a man, black, white, Latino, Asian, old, and young," 6 July 2019
First Known Use of baccarat
1848, in the meaning defined above
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