lansquenet
Americannoun
noun
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a gambling game of chance
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an archaic spelling of landsknecht
Etymology
Origin of lansquenet
< French < German Landsknecht
Example Sentences
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"Ah! you are a fine fellow," said the general, much pleased; "as I am an honest lansquenet, what you say is all right."
From The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. by Hauff, Wilhelm
You will find there the lansquenet under George von Hewen and Schweinsberg encamped on a hill.
From The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. by Hauff, Wilhelm
There stands, for example, Captain L�ffler: if there is a braver lansquenet in all Christendom, I'll allow my skin to be peeled off and walk about in my bones the rest of my life!
From The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. by Hauff, Wilhelm
One evening, while talking to one of them, they came to ask him to take a hand at lansquenet.
From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.
This enemy were the common foot soldiers, or the lansquenet.
From The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. by Hauff, Wilhelm
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