bookmakernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbʊkˌmeɪ.kər/us/ˈbʊkˌmeɪ.kɚ/informal bookiea person who accepts and pays out amounts of money risked on a particular result, especially of horse races
a/the bookmaker's plural bookmakers
a place where bookmakers work:
He went down to the bookmaker's/bookie's in Chesterton Road to place a bet on the race.
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Gambling & bookmaking
- ante
- bank
- banker
- bet
- betting
- cockfight
- dice
- double or quits idiom
- draw
- gaming table
- grab bag
- heads or tails? idiom
- high roller
- juke joint
- lose
- lucky dip
- spin a coin idiom
- stake
- tombola
- toss
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