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bookie¹

  • /ˈbʊki/ Australia, US, New Zealand
  • /ˈbɵkɪj/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /ˈbʉke/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
  • /-kɪ/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
  • /-ki/ Northern Ireland, Scotland

Rhymes with -ʊki

Where it comes from

Clipping of bookmaker + -ie.

noun bookies

  1. informal 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.’

    Similar: turf accountant

bookie²

  • /ˈbʊki/ Australia, US, New Zealand
  • /ˈbɵkɪj/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /ˈbʉke/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
  • /-kɪ/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
  • /-ki/ Northern Ireland, Scotland

Rhymes with -ʊki

noun bookies

  1. diminutive, rare Diminutive of book […] although I had not felt the power of the truth on my own heart, yet I took particular care to read all the little bookies before I put them into the hands of the children.

proper noun

  1. A pet name.

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MLA

"bookie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bookie. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

bookie. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bookie

Chicago

"bookie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bookie.

BibTeX
@misc{bookie_2026,
  title = {bookie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bookie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}