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Bookie

//ˈbʊki// noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A bookmaker, being a person who, or business which, takes bets from the general public on sporting events and similar. informal
  2. 2
    Diminutive of book. diminutive, form-of, rare

    "[…] although I had not felt the power of the truth on my own heart, yet I took particular care to read all the little bookies before I put them into the hands of the children."

  3. 3
    a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races) wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of bookmaker + -ie.

Etymology 2

From book + -ie.

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