plural bookies
informal
: a person who determines gambling odds and receives and pays off bets : bookmaker
The "line"—the Vikings over the Giants by four points, for example—establishes the point spread that the bookie believes will attract gamblers in equal numbers to each side of the bet.—
Jack El-Hai
Jack El-HaiFunnily enough, I was never anxious to win one of these bets. I didn't want to collect from the bookie on any of them.—Art Buchwald
Art BuchwaldExamples of bookie in a Sentence
Their bookie is giving good odds.
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As a bookie, Tenax is privy to the knowledge that a member of the imperial family is badly in debt and ripe for exploitation.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 18 July 2024
Perhaps the truest indicator of the election outcome is not either of those, but the old-school bookie who takes an unbiased position and simply moves numbers based on action.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Gets the family deeply into debt because of his gambling addiction, and even bets the money his bookie gave him as a baby gift.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2024
The grandstands at the turn of the century were filled with gamblers and bookies placing bets on every play of the game.
—David Hill, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024
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Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 18 July 2024
Perhaps the truest indicator of the election outcome is not either of those, but the old-school bookie who takes an unbiased position and simply moves numbers based on action.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Gets the family deeply into debt because of his gambling addiction, and even bets the money his bookie gave him as a baby gift.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2024
The grandstands at the turn of the century were filled with gamblers and bookies placing bets on every play of the game.
—David Hill, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Bookie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bookie. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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