betting shop
nounBritish.
a licensed bookmaking establishment that takes off-track bets on horse races.
Origin of betting shop
1First recorded in 1850–55
Words Nearby betting shop
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How to use betting shop in a sentence
These are all legal bets being made through a huge network of local betting shops.
The Economics of Sports Gambling (Ep. 388 Rebroadcast) | Stephen J. Dubner | August 20, 2020 | FreakonomicsBut it is not easy to enter a betting-shop, and avoid rubbing against some clinging matter.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 447 | VariousPass a betting-shop when you will, you are sure to find an immense crowd collected outside it.
Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) | Various
British Dictionary definitions for betting shop
betting shop
noun
(in Britain) a licensed bookmaker's premises not on a racecourse
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