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bookable, a.|ˈbʊkəb(ə)l| [f. book v. + -able.] That may be booked.
1903Daily Chron. 30 Mar. 6/6, I think some [seats] should be bookable, and some should be unreserved. 1926Music & Letters Apr. 102 The house..would be designed..to accommodate the largest possible audience..with all seats bookable.
▸ Sport (chiefly Association Football). Of an offence: serious enough for the offending player to be booked by the referee.
1975Times 21 Aug. 6/5 Nelson was sent off for two bookable offences and he does not get a suspension. 1997News of World 14 Dec. 76/3 Swansea's agony was completed nine minutes from time when Kwame Ampadu was sent off for two bookable fouls. 2002Belfast News Let. (Nexis) 27 Aug. 34 Ballymena United's former Down gaelic star was dismissed for a second bookable offence in the top of the table clash with Dungannon Swifts. |