Synonyms for bookmaker
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : boo k-mey-ker |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʊkˌmeɪ kər |
Top 10 synonyms for bookmaker Other synonyms for the word bookmaker
Définition of bookmaker
Origin :- also book-maker, 1510s, "printer and binder of books," from book (n.) + agent noun from make (v.). The wagering sense is from 1862. Related: Book-making (late 15c., betting sense 1824).
- As in gambler : noun gamester
- As in gamester : noun bettor
- Then aloud he repeated the question, touching the bookmaker on the elbow.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- "He's a bad boy," said the Bookmaker, in a tone of mock condemnation.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- "You can't leave this large sum with the bookmaker," he objected.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Asked what his business was the applicant said he was a bookmaker.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 1, 1916 » by Various
- I wish I had taken your advice at first, and thrown the bookmaker's letter on the fire.'
- Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1906 » by Various
- In the main path they met the turgid funeral of a Bow Road bookmaker.
- Extract from : « Tales of Mean Streets » by Arthur Morrison
- "That there Yankee bookmaker gen'leman he's into it too," added Jeff.
- Extract from : « Back Home » by Irvin S. Cobb
- Marriage is a race in which the bookmaker invariably bolts with the money.
- Extract from : « Sonia Between two Worlds » by Stephen McKenna
- I went to the race track the other day and met a bookmaker I know.
- Extract from : « Jiglets » by Walter Jones
- Even in the Province, the happier the people, the less material for the bookmaker.
- Extract from : « A Civil Servant in Burma » by Herbert Thirkel White
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