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Bookie   /bˈʊki/   Listen
Bookie

noun
1.
A gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races).  Synonym: bookmaker.






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"Bookie" Quotes from Famous Books



... devil a chance I've ever had of a gossip: and, as for news, I've had to fall back on the wormy Bible That props the broken looking-glass: so, now I've got the chance of a crack, my tongue goes randy; And patters like a cheapjack's, or a bookie's Offering you odds against the favourite, life: Or, wasn't life the dark horse? I have talked My wits out, till I'm like a drunken tipster, Too milled to ken the dark horse from the favourite. My sharp tongue's minced my very wits ...
— Krindlesyke • Wilfrid Wilson Gibson



Words linked to "Bookie" :   bookmaker, gambler



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