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shimmy

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chemin de fer

 or shimmy

Card 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.


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An' his prophesyin' to our Colonel, sitting on my bed with his little shimmy torn open showing his white skin; an' the prophecy comin' true
 
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