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How to use bookmaker in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Bookmaker means a person who prints or binds books. Example: “I looked at the odds given by all bookmakers.”

More sentences with bookmaker

  • I looked at the odds given by all bookmakers.From the entry odds
  • I would imagine the bookmakers would favour Liverpool but every dog has its day."2012 August 11, “Europa League: Hearts delight at Liverpool tie”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 13 Jul 2015. From the entry every dog has its day
  • Frances Barber, 36, was born in Wolverhampton the daughter of a bookmaker and a school-dinner lady.1995 September 9, “The Questionnaire”, in The Guardian, page 49. From the entry school-dinner lady
  • It is often used by bookmakers and bettors to place free calls for accepting or placing bets.1978, Bell telephone magazine, volumes 57-58. From the entry cheese box
  • The bookmakers were yegged as they left the track in the era of the hand-books.1956, Ian Fleming, chapter 10, in Diamonds Are Forever. From the entry yegg
  • In the Victoria Club in London, all the bookmakers would get together, swap information and set the odds, and it was known as the callover.2016, Peter Walsh, Gang War. From the entry callover
  • The trophy had barely been lifted before the first press release went out from the bookmakers announcing Norwich as odds-on to go down next season.2015 May 25, Daniel Taylor, “Norwich reach Premier League after early blitz sees off Middlesbrough”, in The Guardian (London). From the entry odds-on
  • That's what makes this medium so great — quilters, sewers, mixed-media artists, and collagers can join bookmakers on common ground while maintaining their unique perspectives.2008, Lesley Riley, Fabric Memory Books: Techniques, Projects, Inspiration. From the entry collager
  • The next time you see a bookmaker at his hod, waving his ticket-filled hands, shouting the odds, look to his left, just back a bit—out of the limelight.2006, Tommy Steele, chapter 6, in Bermondsey Boy: Memories of a Forgotten World, large print edition, Bath, Somerset: Windsor Paragon; BBC…. From the entry hod
  • The "comeback money" may represent large bets which illegal bookmakers are unable to "lay off" among themselves, bets which no one in the bookmaking organization desires to hold.1951, United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce, United States…. From the entry comeback money
  • The bookmaker passed across the hall, joined on his way by the manager whose duty it was to counterlock the safe, and disappeared along one of the passages.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados. From the entry counterlock

Meaning of bookmaker

  1. noun A person who prints or binds books.
  2. noun A person who compiles books from the writings of others.
  3. noun A person (or a business) who calculates odds and accepts bets, especially on horse racing; a bookie.

Full definition of bookmaker

Questions about bookmaker in a sentence

How do you use bookmaker in a sentence?
Bookmaker is used as a noun. For example: “I looked at the odds given by all bookmakers.”
What is a short sentence with bookmaker?
“I looked at the odds given by all bookmakers.”
What does bookmaker mean?
Bookmaker means a person who prints or binds books.

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