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noun a maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds books
noun a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races)
originFrom Middle English bokmakere, boke maker, equivalent to book + maker. The gambling term came from the archaic phrase make book or make a book, used in 19th century England.
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