bookmaking
Americannoun
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the process or skilled trade of producing physical books, including everything from designing to printing and binding.
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the work or trade of a bookmaker; the practice of determining odds and accepting bets, especially for the sport of horse racing.
Example Sentences
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Thus, we’ve had microhistories of coal, sugar, rain, dust, cotton, butter, notebooks, eating utensils and bookmaking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Individuals who pay off debts aren’t often charged with a crime, he said, but the prospect of charges can persuade them to cooperate with authorities who are building cases against bookmaking operations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
A skeleton of a man wearing the uniform depicted in the mural was later buried under the floor of this apparent Moon-tracking workshop; a woman with bookmaking tools was also buried there.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 1, 2022
But that is not the case at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, a hub for print-, paper- and bookmaking that is celebrating its 40th anniversary with the exhibition “Reflecting Back to the Future.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2021
The track installed additional mutuel windows, constructed about a dozen bookmaking facilities in the infield, opened up all vacant areas of the clubhouse, and hired an army of extra personnel.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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