horseplayer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of horseplayer
Example Sentences
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It does suggest, though, that voters lacking a depth of information – or the time to research it – are casting ballots like a horseplayer who quick-’caps the next race.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2020
The action picks up with Irish reduced to collecting money for a local horseplayer and chancing upon small mysteries that happen to unravel lethal conspiracies hatched at the top levels of the police and government.
From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2013
But the climactic jackpot is so attractive that any sensible horseplayer has to play.
From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2013
Some of my greatest memories as a horseplayer have come when betting on Belmont favorites to lose.
From Slate • Jun. 7, 2012
As one horseplayer put it: "From now on it'll be lox and bagel* but without the cream cheese."
From Time Magazine Archive
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