bookmaker
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.
Origin of bookmaker
1Other words from bookmaker
- bookmaking, noun, adjective
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How to use bookmaker in a sentence
He could, however, be a racketeer specializing in bookmaking, gambling, drug dealing, and assorted other crime.
His Procrustes, from the collector's point of view, is entirely logical, and might be considered as the acme of bookmaking.
Only in Paris could the work of bookmaking be done that would fill Humboldt's ideals.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 | Elbert HubbardThis work was to outstrip anything in bookmaking the world had ever seen, dealing with similar subjects.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 | Elbert HubbardAside from its great theme lucidly discussed the book deserves to be upon every library table as a superb specimen of bookmaking.
"I was telling the fellows to-day some of the things you told me about early bookmaking, Dad," remarked Paul.
Paul and the Printing Press | Sara Ware Bassett
British Dictionary definitions for bookmaker
/ (ˈbʊkˌmeɪkə) /
a person who as an occupation accepts bets, esp on horseraces, and pays out to winning betters
Derived forms of bookmaker
- bookmaking, noun
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