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
A star running back, Reggie was banned from football 20 years earlier after he mixed up two phone numbers and called into a sports show thinking he was talking to his bookie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 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
"There's something I didn't write down. Maybe I shouldn't tell you, you being a judge and all, but, well, Jake Wexler . . . he's a bookie."
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
