turfman
[turf-muh n]
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noun, plural turf·men.
a person who is extremely devoted to horse racing.
Origin of turfman
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He nodded up the aisle where the turfman was entertaining the major and his wife.
Garrison's FinishW. B. M. Ferguson
There, a man's horse is his life; to the turfman it is his fortune—one and the same.
Garrison's FinishW. B. M. Ferguson
Time and time again he determined to face the turfman and learn the worst.
Garrison's FinishW. B. M. Ferguson
He is a turfman, with carefully brushed side-whiskers dyed coal-black, and hawk-like eyes.
Trapped in 'Black Russia'Ruth Pierce
Fear never would have given the turfman the entre to the Desha home; only friendship.
Garrison's FinishW. B. M. Ferguson
turfman
noun plural -men
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