Definition of "bookie" [bookie]

• See bookmaker. (noun)

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• "Ed the bookie is there to use his limited political knowledge to promote Blue Square on the publicly funded and free of product placement BBC!!"
• "In the U.S., the word "bookie" might conjure up images of shady men dealing out of backrooms at horse tracks."
• "Every bookie is quoting literary odds now: Ladbrokes, William Hill, Paddy Power and Unibet are all at it."