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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Jordana Comiter, People.com, 17 May 2025
The bookies’ favorite for this year’s race is Journalism, trained by Michael McCarthy, at 3-1.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
British bookies currently have Norton as favorite, with Taylor-Johnson second.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
What The Betting Odds Say Like any major event in the modern era, the bookies are paying close attention and running the odds on the potential pope candidates.
—Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bookie
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“Bookie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bookie. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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