betting shop


nounBritish.
  1. a licensed bookmaking establishment that takes off-track bets on horse races.

Origin of betting shop

1
First recorded in 1850–55

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How to use betting shop in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for betting shop

betting shop

noun
  1. (in Britain) a licensed bookmaker's premises not on a racecourse

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