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bookmaker

noun as in gambler

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Littler, who finished runner-up on his debut last year, has been installed as the favourite by bookmakers after winning the Grand Slam.

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Lynette White, who was a sex worker, was stabbed more than 50 times in a flat above a bookmakers on 14 February 1988.

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Chelsea are now odds-on favourites to win the entire tournament with the bookmakers, a remarkable state of affairs at this early stage of the competition.

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On Saturday, at a sold-out Rec, Bristol and Bath produced another nine tries and an upset as the Bears proved too sharp for the bookmakers' title favourites.

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Dowd determined that Rose had bet on baseball games, including his own team’s, with three bookmakers, using five intermediaries or “runners” to place the bets and collect winnings, if any.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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