bookie
pronunciation
How to pronounce bookie in British English:
UK [ˈbʊki]
How to pronounce bookie in American English:
US [ˈbʊki]
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- Noun:
- a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races)
Word Origin
- bookie (n.)
- 1885, colloquial shortening of bookmaker in the wagering sense.
Example
- 1. He 's apparently the school bookie .
- 2. The receiver traced $ 360000 to a girlfriend of mr. pang 's and $ 1.7 million to a bookie .
- 3. Irish bookie offers odds on obama speech soundbites .
- 4. Actually , jimmy killed louie the bookie .
- 5. I don 't know if he 's a bookie or what he 's doing .