bookie

book-ie · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    [informal]A person who takes bets, especially on horse races, and pays out winnings; a bookmaker.

Forms

plural: bookies

Related words

See also: bet, gamble, odds
Synonyms: bookmaker, oddsmaker

Etymology

Informal shortening of bookmaker, from the practice of recording bets in a book.