"skin the lamb" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} skin the lamb (uncountable)
  1. (obsolete, card games) The game of lansquenet. Tags: obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-skin_the_lamb-en-noun-~MvgfgtT Categories (other): Card games, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Topics: card-games, games

Verb [English]

Forms: skins the lamb [present, singular, third-person], skinning the lamb [participle, present], skinned the lamb [participle, past], skinned the lamb [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. (slang, archaic, gambling) Of a bookmaker: to win all of his bets, in the case where nobody backed the winner. Tags: archaic, slang Related terms: skinner
    Sense id: en-skin_the_lamb-en-verb-8AoG9XAu Categories (other): Gambling Topics: gambling, games
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