1. skin the lamb - Noun
2. skin the lamb - Verb
skin the lamb (uncountable)
(obsolete, card games) The game of lansquenet.
skin the lamb (third-person singular simple present skins the lamb, present participle skinning the lamb, simple past and past participle skinned the lamb)
(slang, archaic, gambling) Of a bookmaker: to win all of his bets, in the case where nobody backed the winner.