Definitions for bookmaker

bookmaker book·mak·er

Spelling: [boo k-mey-ker]
IPA: /ˈbʊkˌmeɪ kər/

Bookmaker is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 21 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 238 anagrams from letters in bookmaker (abekkmoor).

Definitions for bookmaker

noun

  1. a person who makes a business of accepting the bets of others on the outcome of sports contests, especially of horse races.
  2. a person who makes books.

Origin of bookmaker

First recorded in 1375-1425, bookmaker is from the late Middle English word bokmakere. See book, maker

Examples for bookmaker

Asked what his business was the applicant said he was a bookmaker.

"That there Yankee bookmaker gen'leman he's into it too," added Jeff.

I wish I had taken your advice at first, and thrown the bookmaker's letter on the fire.'

"You can't leave this large sum with the bookmaker," he objected.

Then aloud he repeated the question, touching the bookmaker on the elbow.

Big British bookmaker Coral has suspended betting on Kate announcing she is pregnant again before the end of this month.

Marriage is a race in which the bookmaker invariably bolts with the money.

Irish bookmaker Paddy Power funded the trips to the Hermit Kingdom, but stopped after Kim Jong-Un purged his uncle.

"He's a bad boy," said the bookmaker, in a tone of mock condemnation.

In the main path they met the turgid funeral of a Bow Road bookmaker.

Word Value for bookmaker
Scrable

21

Words with friends

23

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