BOOKMAKER
NOUNS
..20C ► BACKSTRAP a telephone hookup used by bookies to relay calls and avoid traces → sl.
1960 ► C the commission charged by a bookmaker → US sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1767 ► BLACK-LEG a swindling bookmaker
1810 ► TAKER a bookmaker; a person who accepts a bet
.M19 ► IKEY a bookmaker → Aust. sl.
.M19 ► IKEY-MO a bookmaker → Aust. sl.
.M19 ► MOSES a bookmaker → Aust. sl.
1859 ► BESTER a fraudulent bookmaker → UK sl.
1884 ► MO a bookmaker → Aust. sl.
1885 ► BOOKIE → BOOKY a bookmaker
1894 ► HANDBOOK → HANDBOOK MAN a small bookmaker who takes bets, esp. on horse races; a bookmaker who operates on the street, without the benefit of a fixed office → Amer. horse racing & gambling usage
..L19 ► LISTMAN a ready-money bookmaker → sl.
..20C ► GUY-A-WHACK a defaulting bookmaker → Aust. sl.
1900 ► SHEENY a bookmaker
1900 ► BAG-CARRIER a bookmaker → Aust. sl.
1902 ► SHEARER a bookmaker
1902 ► BAGMAN a bookmaker; a bookmaker’s change clerk → Aust. sl.
1908 ► SHELFER a bookmaker
1926 ► BAG-SWINGER a bookmaker; a bookmaker’s change clerk → Aust. sl.
1930 ► BAG-BOY a bookmaker → Aust. sl.
1930 ► MOUNTAIN TROUT a bookmaker’s tout → rhyming sl.
1936 ► SHEET-BOY a bookmaker
1950 ► BIG-NOTE MAN a bookmaker or punter placing or handling large bets → Aust. sl.
1950 ► RAILS BOOKIE → RAILS BOOKMAKER one of the more prestigious bookmakers → Aust. sl.
1950 ► ARAB a street bookmaker; an illicit bookmaker → US sl.
1956 ► SCALPER a person who obtains high odds as a bettor and then himself takes bets at lower odds, so that he will profit, win or lose, either as a bookmaker or a bettor → Amer. sl.
1965 ► SATCHEL-SWINGER a bookmaker → Aust. sl.
1975 ► HIP-POCKET BOOKIE a bookie who deals only with a few clients who place large bets → Amer. gambling sl. (Bk.)
1988 ► S.P. BOOKIE an unlicensed, off-course bookmaker → Aust. horse racing sl. (Bk.)
1989 ► GARDENER a bookmaker who extends his prices beyond his competitors → Aust. sl.
1989 ► UNDERTAKER a bookmaker who will only accept bets at odds under those offered by his competition → Aust. sl.
1992 ► BETTING COMMISSIONER a bookmaker → UK (Bk.)
1992 ► BIG LAY-OFF MAN an area’s biggest illegal bookmaker; he accepts bets laid off by all other bookies who use him to insure against loss when they have an unusually heavy volume on certain bets → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1992 ► HANDBOOK an employee or financial supporter of a bookmaker’s shop → Mafia-syndicate usage (Bk.)
1992 ► WALKING BOOK a bookmaker who services betting customers on a fixed route → Mafia-syndicate usage (Bk.)
VERBS
1900 ► TAKE THE KNOCK to be defrauded; said of a bookmaker → sl.
1920 ► HAVE THE BAG ON to work as a bookmaker → US criminals’ sl.
1930 ► TAKE THE KNOCK to defraud a bettor; said of a bookmaker → sl.
1950 ► ARAB to work as a street bookmaker → sl.
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