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
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
Some young hotshot bookie tries to unseat the runner he works for.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
