skin the lamb

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skin the lamb

noun

obsolete, uncountable The game of lansquenet.

verb skins the lamb · skinning the lamb · skinned the lamb

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

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@misc{skin_the_lamb_2026,
  title = {skin the lamb},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/skin%20the%20lamb},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}