verb · irregular · intransitive · rare

skin the lamb

skin the lamb · skins the lamb · skinned the lamb · skinning the lamb

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

Meaning

1 senses

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

Forms

skins the lamb, skinning the lamb, skinned the lamb, skinned the lamb

Base form	skin the lamb · to skin the lamb
3rd person singular	skins the lamb
Present participle	skinning the lamb
Past simple	skinned the lamb
Past participle	skinned the lamb

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	skin the lamb
he, she, it	skins the lamb

Past simpleLesson

all persons

skinned the lamb

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have skinned the lamb
he, she, it	has skinned the lamb

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will skin the lamb

Word family

1 related words

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Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle