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Lansquenet   Listen
noun
Lansquenet  n.  
1.
A German foot soldier in foreign service in the 15th and 16th centuries; a soldier of fortune; a term used in France and Western Europe.
2.
A game at cards, vulgarly called lambskinnet. "(They play) their little game of lansquenet."





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"Lansquenet" Quotes from Famous Books



... said the gentleman on the horse-block, without moving, "are you to preach against loo or lansquenet to-morrow?" ...
— The Crossing • Winston Churchill


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