betting shop
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of betting shop
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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Having trained as an accountant who later took over a number of her family's betting shops which were sold to Coral, she remains joint chief executive alongside her brother.
From BBC
One, sent to make a bank deposit on his employer’s account, lost the sum in a betting shop, and the other diverted money meant to pay for electricity at home.
From Seattle Times
In 1994, he wrote, an Albanian man went into a betting shop and gambled his wife on an Argentina win against Bulgaria.
From Reuters
His trial at Derby Crown Court heard he was more than £11,000 in debt, and had gambled away £280 at various betting shops on the day he attacked the couple.
From BBC
CEO Secrets: "I learned a great lesson in betting shops"
From BBC
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