Make book

In the American League, front-running Cleveland was an odds-on favorite with the men who make book on baseball.

[Connie:] How is Mrs Miller? [Mr Miller:] She doesn't understand me. [Connie:] I could have made book on that answer.

"Oh, you can make book that she didn't start no love-making. She ain't the kind to curl up in a man's ear and whisper."