bookie

[ boo k-ee ]

/ ˈbʊk i /

Origin of bookie

First recorded in 1880–85; book(maker) + -ie

Then he returned to the Paddock, passing a bookie with uplifted hand of protest.

Boy Woodburn |Alfred Ollivant
Then I take my savings from the bank and pawn my clothes, and much money goes to the bookie to back Mutton Chop.

Punch, Or the London Charivari, Volume 148, January 6th, 1915 |Various
There, faintly legible on the back in pencil, was the hieroglyph that the bookie had scrawled on it.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, June 2, 1920 |Various
This makes you an 'Investment Counselor, short-term transactions only,' and removes from you the odious nomenclature of 'Bookie.'

The Big Fix |George Oliver Smith

This man had introduced them to each other carelessly, and hurried away to "square things up with his bookie."

Bella Donna |Robert Hichens

bookie

/ (ˈbʊkɪ) /

informal short for bookmaker