英语词汇“to skin the lamb”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. Betting slang. to skin the lamb: (of a bookmaker) to win heavily on a race, esp. as the result of victory by a horse on which no bets were accepted or only long odds offered; (also, of such a horse) to win a race. Now rare.Frequently with the implication of impropriety.

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to skin the lamb1842

1842 Sporting Rev. Feb. 108 For he has beat the rest; and sure I am Its coining money, and we'll skin the lamb.

1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 232 Skin the Lamb, when a non favourite wins a race ‘bookmakers’ are said to skin the lamb.

1869 ‘W. Bradwood’ O.V.H. II. vi. 115 A carefully roped and bottled animal, that dropped like a meteor on the racing public for the Chester Cup, [and] skinned the lamb for Mr. Bacon.

1873 M. E. Braddon Milly Darrell & Other Tales II. 21 The Ring has got the day, old fellow... They've been skinning the lamb all through this meeting.

1883 Graphic 21 Apr. 410/2 The Ring are enormous winners on the race, the majority having ‘skinned the lamb’.

1903 N.Y. Times 28 Oct. 10/1 At the finish of the Nassau, Gaviota, the outsider of the three horses,..got up in the last stride, and, in the picturesque language of the betting ring, ‘skinned the lamb.’

1914 A. B. Patterson in Song of Pen (1983) 363 No matter what wins, the bookmaker cannot lose anything, while they will skin the lamb to some tune should an outsider get home.

单词	to skin the lamb
释义	> as lemmas to skin the lamb a. Betting slang. to skin the lamb: (of a bookmaker) to win heavily on a race, esp. as the result of victory by a horse on which no bets were accepted or only long odds offered; (also, of such a horse) to win a race. Now rare.Frequently with the implication of impropriety. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet [verb (intransitive)] > lose to skin the lamb1842 1842 Sporting Rev. Feb. 108 For he has beat the rest; and sure I am Its coining money, and we'll skin the lamb. 1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 232 Skin the Lamb, when a non favourite wins a race ‘bookmakers’ are said to skin the lamb. 1869 ‘W. Bradwood’ O.V.H. II. vi. 115 A carefully roped and bottled animal, that dropped like a meteor on the racing public for the Chester Cup, [and] skinned the lamb for Mr. Bacon. 1873 M. E. Braddon Milly Darrell & Other Tales II. 21 The Ring has got the day, old fellow... They've been skinning the lamb all through this meeting. 1883 Graphic 21 Apr. 410/2 The Ring are enormous winners on the race, the majority having ‘skinned the lamb’. 1903 N.Y. Times 28 Oct. 10/1 At the finish of the Nassau, Gaviota, the outsider of the three horses,..got up in the last stride, and, in the picturesque language of the betting ring, ‘skinned the lamb.’ 1914 A. B. Patterson in Song of Pen (1983) 363 No matter what wins, the bookmaker cannot lose anything, while they will skin the lamb to some tune should an outsider get home. extracted from skinv. < as lemmas
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