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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