Bookie
//ˈbʊki// noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A bookmaker, being a person who, or business which, takes bets from the general public on sporting events and similar. informal
- 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 a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races) wordnet
Example
More examples"[…] 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."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Clipping of bookmaker + -ie.
Etymology 2
From book + -ie.
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