Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See bookmaker.
Wiktionary
- n. A bookmaker, being a person who, or business which, takes bets from the general public on sporting events and similar.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races)
Examples
“Ed the bookie is there to use his limited political knowledge to promote Blue Square on the publicly funded and free of product placement BBC!!”
“In the U.S., the word "bookie" might conjure up images of shady men dealing out of backrooms at horse tracks.”
“Every bookie is quoting literary odds now: Ladbrokes, William Hill, Paddy Power and Unibet are all at it.”
The Guardian: The Man Booker prize and its like are keeping literature afloat
“I called my bookie this morning to get the odds on BushCo vs Leahy et al when the titans clash in front of John Roberts 'funhouse mirror of a Supreme Court.”
“Finally, he calls his bookie out of frustration and says, 'I've had it.”
“Before you call your bookie, check out the numbers.”
“One poster lambasted Patte for allegedly being a "bookie" - a person who accepts bets on sporting events.”
“Just call your bookie and ask for your money back.”
“Nor was Trump's acquittal of her much of a surprise just days after a Celebrity Apprentice series finale that featured the dessicated corpse of Joan Rivers claiming victory over a gambling addict (yes, Annie Duke, that does insult every poker player in Vegas -- you're about as much of an athlete or a celebrity as a bookie is a certified public accountant).”
Jason Notte: How to Live Vicariously Through Britain's Blacklist
“E.g. one may feel free to call your bookie / broker and bet that mortgage money on anything on the zero relevance list when you get tired of being homeless reread the list.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bookie’.
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Book Keeping
A collection of book words.
bookkeeping, book, audio book, Booker T. Washington, Booker T. & the M..., book club, bookie, bookseller, bookshelf, bookworm, bookmaker, book learning and 132 more...
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book phrases and words
having a look at book
book hand, book-farmer, booketeria, book-gill, book-fancier, book-form, book-fed, book-fair, book end, book-desk, book-debt, book-crab and 264 more...
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Contemporary character classes?
as a youth I, and some others, made a pen-and-paper RPG, based in contemporary crime and suspense fiction + nonfiction, set in America's blighted urban centers, anonymous slurbs, and godforsaken hi...
acrobat, actor, artist, anarchist, bagman, arsonist, yuppie, yakuza underling, yakuza oyabun, yakuza lieutenant, writer, white trash and 192 more...
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Perponyms
List of words referent to persons who commit specific crimes, or are suspected of committing those crimes, beginning with arsonist and safecracker.
Check out reesetee's nice Bad Guys l...arsonist, safecracker, murderer, rapist, getaway man, jewel thief, accomplice, drug dealer, carjacker, gunrunner, industrial spy, human trafficker and 216 more...
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Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
bumwank, calamity, recalcitrant, gayenese, jeeze, nonsense, flabbergasted, juxtapose, procrastinating, ossanity, biffing, loser and 1972 more... -
Fun with Apocopes
Words created by removing the end of a longer or original word. See also Fun with Aphesis.
abs, ad, bio, veg, veggie, tux, auto, bike, carbs, pecs, bro, sis and 186 more...
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nighthawks at the diner
being words from Tom Waits songs.
vinyl, cigarette, rhinestone, naugahyde, margarine, vermouth, gin, platinum, wurlitzer, menthol, oldsmobile, asphalt and 90 more...
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The Pogues
transmetropolitan, lecher, queer, shite, whore, bastard, spew, bloody, waxie's dargle, farthing, pint, races and 91 more...
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Clearinghouse
For stuff to simply reside.
calcar, pinion, espadrille, antipodes, peregrine, cormorant, tanager, vireo, farrago, undervest, passerine, oscine and 881 more...
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What's next here?
thunderhead, thundercloud, cumulus, cumulonimbus, fibrous, hazy, glaciated, cirrus, nimbus, meteorology, fahrenheit, thermoscope and 285 more...
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B is for Blue Canary
My B Words
bugbear, bette davis eyes, backstroke, barney, babushka, babycakes, backscratcher, bad news bears, balderdash, ballyhoo, baloney, bamboozle and 150 more...
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Scriptie: NYPD Blue
I haven't seen this show in forever, but I used to watch reruns all the time.
pros, lawyer up, bookie, shy, stripper, c.i., i.a.b., psych, precinct, 15th, prostrate, take care of the ... and 17 more...
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Brooklyns Finest (2009)
Words from a 2009 'Brooklyns Finest' film.
pier, pull over, bookie, gwap, precinct, larceny, stain, perp, commissioner, rookie, hairbag, seasoned and 9 more...
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Scriptie: Miller's Crossing
By the Coen brothers, 1990.
ethics, high hat, schnook, elves, schmatta, the fix, guinea, on the nose, greengrocer, bookie, protection money, rumpus and 80 more...
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Gambling and Gaming
hustle, house, lanterloo, stake, runner, banco, aleatory, whipsaw, welch, martingale, nick, skin-game and 68 more...
Tweets
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