or booky, subs. (racing).—A BOOK-MAKER (q.v.).

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  1885.  The English Illustrated Magazine, April, 509, ‘An Easter Holiday.’ No rowdy ring, but a few quiet and well-known ‘BOOKIES,’ who were ready enough to lay the odds to a modest fiver.

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  1889.  The Sporting Times, 29 June.

        He now had occasion to speedily hie
  To the BOOKIE who laid him the bet,
Who was one of the small and particular fry,
  That at times, when convenient, forget.

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  1902.  Daily Telegraph, 11 Feb. 10. 7. He knew of a case in which a BOOKIE made £5,846 in five months, without ever coming near his office.

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