bookie
[noun]
Synonyms: bookmaker, layer

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I. book‧ie /ˈbʊki/ noun [countable] informal
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: bookmaker]
a bookmaker

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II. book‧mak‧er /ˈbʊkˌmeɪkə $ -ər/ (also bookie informal) noun [countable]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: book 'list of bets made' (19-21 centuries) + maker]
someone whose job is to collect money that people want to risk on the result of a race, competition etc, and who pays them if they guess correctly

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