bookie means A bookmaker, being a person who, or business which, takes bets from the general public on sporting events and similar. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 66 out of 100.
bookie is pronounced /ˈbʊki/.
noun
- A bookmaker, being a person who, or business which, takes bets from the general public on sporting events and similar.“‘You won’t believe it,’ he [Fitz McGee] said. ‘Those dummies won’t let me scratch! The horse is gonna be odds‐on and I’ve got a chunk bet on him out of town. Never get the bookie call it off this late.’”