bookie
Example Sentences
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The bucket shop occupied a similar gray zone as the local bookie.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
A bookie needs to close the betting window to this fan while keeping it open an optimal bit longer for fans watching on a screen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
With the Proteas recommencing their first innings on the fifth day Cronje - prompted by a bookie named Marlon Aronstam - contrived an unprecedented innings forfeiture for both sides to ensure a result.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2025
Being in debt can unquestionably make you less safe even if the threat is a lack of health care or housing, not a bookie.
From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2024
California fans rushed up the hill and demanded their winnings from the same bookie, who again paid out.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
