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bookmaker

[ book-mey-ker ]

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noun

a person who makes a business of accepting the bets of others on the outcome of sports contests, especially of horse races.
a person who makes books.

bookmaker

/ ˈbʊkˌmeɪkə /

a person who as an occupation accepts bets, esp on horseraces, and pays out to winning betters

First recorded in 1375–1425, bookmaker is from the late Middle English word bokmakere. See book, maker

Big British bookmaker Coral has suspended betting on Kate announcing she is pregnant again before the end of this month.

Mitchell (not her real name) is not your typical bookmaker, reigning over a group of 30 participants in her Bachelor betting pool.

Irish bookmaker Paddy Power funded the trips to the Hermit Kingdom, but stopped after Kim Jong-Un purged his uncle.

You could get the numbers of the notes from Kentman the bookmaker, Inspector; he'll probably have the big ones, anyway.

By return of post came the desired release from the bookmaker, and Mr. Arundel handed it to the boy with a pleasant smile.

The bookmaker was Nicholas Gerard, always called Nick by everybody.

"Even hundred nobody names it," yelled a bookmaker in the ring.

Yes: a bookmaker is a man who lives by betting on the races.

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