Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that edits, prints, publishes, or binds books.
- noun One who accepts and pays off bets, as on a horserace.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A printer and binder of books.
- noun One who writes and publishes books; especially, a mere compiler.
- noun One who makes a book (see
book , n., 9) on a race or other doubtful event; a professional betting man. See extract.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who writes and publishes books; especially, one who gathers his materials from other books; a compiler.
- noun (Horse Racing) A betting man who “makes a book.” See To make a book, under
Book , n.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
prints orbinds books - noun A person (or a
business ) whocalculates odds andaccepts bets , especially onhorse racing ; abookie
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds books
- noun a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races)
Etymologies
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Examples
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But the U.K. online bookmaker is asking investors to make a risky gamble on its initial public offering.
Betfair's Unattractive IPO Odds Ren 2010
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BetonSports. com, a UK bookmaker, is offering numerous bets on what will befall the "Butcher of Baghdad" by December 31, 2004.
Saddam’s Fate 2004
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BetonSports. com, a UK bookmaker, is offering numerous bets on what will befall the "Butcher of Baghdad" by December 31, 2004.
Saddam’s Fate 2004
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BetonSports. com, a UK bookmaker, is offering numerous bets on what will befall the "Butcher of Baghdad" by December 31, 2004.
Saddam’s Fate 2004
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"A bookmaker is someone who has thirty or fifty customers," he says.
One Smart Bookie 2001
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"A bookmaker is someone who has thirty or fifty customers," he says.
One Smart Bookie 2001
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“So you know the slang for bookmaker, do you?” he asked, surprised that she did.
Almost a Whisper Charlene Cross 1994
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“So you know the slang for bookmaker, do you?” he asked, surprised that she did.
Almost a Whisper Charlene Cross 1994
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Sunday's reports alleged that Higgins called a bookmaker to place a bet of around £1,000 on himself to lose at the halfway point of last year's final, which he went on to win.
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The disclosure that a leading Sri Lankan cricketer was under suspicion for too much late-night conviviality with a bookmaker is a warning that the Twenty20 Indian Premier League (IPL) is not immune to investigation by ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU).
The Times of India 2010
jodi commented on the word bookmaker
IrE; in AmE use bookie
May 5, 2011