skin the lamb

noun

The game of lansquenet.

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Meanings

nounskin the lamb (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountablecard gamesThe game of lansquenet.
verbskin the lamb (third-person singular simple present skins the lamb, present participle skinning the lamb, simple past and past participle skinned the lamb)

present singular third person skins the lamb · participle present skinning the lamb · participle past skinned the lamb · past skinned the lamb

  1. archaicslanggamblingOf a bookmaker: to win all of his bets, in the case where nobody backed the winner.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
lansquenet
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skin the lamb,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skin%20the%20lamb.

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