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
But the climactic jackpot is so attractive that any sensible horseplayer has to play.
From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2013
Beychok becomes a horseplayer, pure and simple, and there is not a thing Runyonesque about him.
From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2013
Some of my greatest memories as a horseplayer have come when betting on Belmont favorites to lose.
From Slate • Jun. 7, 2012
Jack Gilford plays Erwin, a composer of verses for greeting cards, and Sam Levene plays Patsy, the horseplayer, in this 1935 comedy.
From Time Magazine Archive
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