skin n.— «Empire Online, the internet poker operator, looked to have skinned investors yesterday when its shares dived 20½ to 153p on its second day of trading. In gambling parlance, the group is known as a “skin,” a...
full boat n. a full price or total amount of money; generally, all of something; as an adj., having many or elaborate features, options, or functions. Editorial Note: Often constructed as to pay full boat or with the definite article: the full boat...
bleeding deacon n.— «Our town is going nuts with gambling. I don’t have a conversation with my friends when we’re not talking about off-track betting, the Meadows, the Lotto or poker machines. I am not a Bible-thumper or bleeding deacon...

