Crossword-Solution: BOOKIE
We have 28 clues for the answer “BOOKIE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Wizard of odds | 1 answer |
| One whose wages come from wagers | 1 answer |
| One taking bets | 1 answer |
| One interested in spreads | 1 answer |
| One concerned with handicaps | 1 answer |
| Odds giver | 1 answer |
| Odds fellow | 1 answer |
| Man of odds | 1 answer |
| Line setter | 1 answer |
| Horse-race bet taker | 1 answer |
| He betters most bettors | 1 answer |
| Person taking bets | 1 answer |
| Taker of bets | 1 answer |
| Vig collector | 1 answer |
| Wager taker | 1 answer |
| Wagers provide him wages | 1 answer |
| LAYER of odds | 2 answers |
| Bet collector | 2 answers |
| BETTING agent | 2 answers |
| PROFESSIONAL betting man | 2 answers |
| turf accountant | 3 answers |
| Bet middler? | 3 answers |
| turf agent | 4 answers |
| Bookmaker? | 9 answers |
| BET taker | 10 answers |
| Raid target | 11 answers |
| PERSON dealing with money | 26 answers |
| gambler | 27 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RAETE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with BOOKIE (5)
Lambert had worked the room since he was 16 during World War II and he saw no reason to trade occupations; he was treated decently, and he doubled as a bookie for some members which added to his income.
There it all was--his row with the bookie, his bad behaviour at the political meeting, his breach-of-promise case.
Consoling myself with the reflection that my loss served me right for having been fool enough to trust an outside "bookie," I turned on my heel and began to make my way back to my seat.
Were I to find myself on a racecourse in Novel-land I should not trouble about the unessential; I should go up to the bookie who looked as if he had the most money, and should say to him: "Don't shout so loud; you are making yourself hoarse.
You keep that little lot till after the race, and we will call it in round figures, five hundred pounds." That single afternoon would thus bring me in five hundred thousand pounds--provided the bookie did not blow his brains out.
Quotes with BOOKIE (3)
Sandy fidgeted with his pen. “There’s something I didn’t write down. Maybe I shouldn’t tell you, you being a judge and all, but, well, Jake Wexler… he’s a bookie.” No, he should not have told her. “A small-time operator, I’m sure, Mr. McSouthers,” the judge replied coldly. “It can have no bearing on the matter before us. Sam Westing manipulated people, cheated workers, bribed officials, stole ideas, but Sam Westing never smoked or drank or placed a bet. Give me a bookie any d…
Who were these people, these specially selected tenants? They were mothers and fathers and children. A dressmaker, a secretary, an inventor, a doctor, a judge. And, oh yes, one was a bookie, one was a burglar, one was a bomber, and one was a mistake.
When people get into their 30s plus "boyfriend" sounds weird... if you really think about it. Instead, I think we should universally start using the term "manfriend" or "snookie bookie cuddles pie".
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, S&S, Universal.
Used 20 times in crossword archives (1970–2023).