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skin the lamb

skin the lamb noun: the game of lansquenet.

Noun

skin the lamb (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The game of lansquenet.

Verb

skin the lamb (third-person singular simple present skins the lamb, present participle skinning the lamb, simple past and past participle skinned the lamb)

  1. (archaic, slang) Of a bookmaker: to win all of his bets, in the case where nobody backed the winner.

Forms of skin the lamb

third-person singular presentskins the lamb
present participleskinning the lamb
past participleskinned the lamb
pastskinned the lamb

Questions about skin the lamb

What does skin the lamb mean?
Skin the lamb means the game of lansquenet.
What part of speech is skin the lamb?
Skin the lamb can be a noun or a verb.

Words near skin the lamb in the dictionary

  1. skin signs
  2. skin someone alive
  3. skin tag
  4. skin tags
  5. skin the cat
  6. skin the lamb
  7. skin tone
  8. skin tones
  9. skin trade
  10. skin up
  11. skin virgin

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