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chemin de feror shimmyCard game in which two or three cards are dealt to up to 12 players, who bet one at a time against each other rather than against the house. The winning hand is the one that comes closer to but does not exceed a count of 9. The game (whose French name means “railroad”) derives from baccarat and has similar rules. shimmy [′shim·ē] (mechanics) Excessive vibration of the front wheels of a wheeled vehicle causing a jerking motion of the steering wheel. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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``You have the undulations, the flowing movements, and then you have the accents and the shimmies, which are a light continuous sort of linear movement. Shimmies consist of alternate lifts and drops, caused by contracting and releasing the muscles surrounding the pelvis, especially the gluteus muscles. Click on the word 'category' and a grid of brown dots shimmies into place, some of the dots bigger than the rest. |
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