betting shop

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noun British.

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

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Origin of betting shop

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby betting shop

Better safe than sorry, better than, Betterton, Betti, Bettina, betting shop, Bettinus, bettong, bettor, betty, Betty lamp

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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|Freakonomics
Finding the shop is a trip in itself and an introduction to a slice of history.
The Photographer Who Gave Up Manhattan for Marrakech|Liza Foreman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I suspect [Teresa] will get money sent in to her, so she can shop at the commissary.
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The rapid rise of the sharing economy is changing the way people around the world commute, shop, vacation, and borrow.
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I remember being appalled that he killed off Little Nell in The Old Curiosity Shop.
How Dickens and Scrooge Saved Christmas|Clive Irving|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They were getting more imaginative,” a pawn shop owner thinks of his addict customers in “Back of Beyond.
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But at the instant I caught a sight of my counterfeit presentment in a shop window, and veiled my haughty crest.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
Then a fat, untidy old man appeared in the doorway of a cubicle within the shop, and Edwin Clayhanger blushed.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
She wore a little red hood, and looked wistfully after Davy as the shop went out of sight.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
Robin Hood stared at him for a moment with a puzzled expression, and then walked into his little shop, and Davy turned away.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
His Shop is the Randenvous of spitting, where men dialogue with their noses, and their conversation is smoke.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.

British Dictionary definitions for betting shop

betting shop

noun

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

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