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à cheval

à che·val [  shə vl ]


adverb 
Definition:
 
made on two numbers: by placing a bet on two adjacent numbers, e.g. in roulette or cards

[< French, "on horseback," used to mean "with one foot on each side." Because the risk is shared equally between two cards]
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