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bookie

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈbʊki/Part of speech nounSorted beikooStarts with BEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races)

Word origin

From book + -ie.

Used in a sentence

  • ‘You won’t believe it,’ he [Fitz McGee] said. ‘Those dummies won’t let me scratch! The horse is gonna be odds‐on and I’ve got a chunk bet on him out of town. Never get the bookie call it off this late.’
  • […] although I had not felt the power of the truth on my own heart, yet I took particular care to read all the little bookies before I put them into the hands of the children.
  • Gems, Jewels, Happy Stories for Boys, and Happy Stories for Girls, are the names of four attractive packets filled with those nice little bookies which are so much liked by young people.

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