BOOKIE

bookmaker, bookie

(noun) a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bookie (plural bookies)

(informal) A bookmaker, being a person who, or business which, takes bets from the general public on sporting events and similar.

Synonyms

• turf accountant

Source: Wiktionary



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27 April 2024

GREAT

(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”


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Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.

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