| 单词 | handbook man |
| 释义 | > as lemmashandbook man handbook man n. U.S. (now historical) a bookmaker. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > book-making > book-maker commission agent1798 flash-man1812 bookmaker1833 commissioner1851 ring man1857 metallician1861 street bookmaker1867 bookie1877 book1881 knight of the pencil1885 handbook man1894 street bookie1911 turf accountant1915 listman1922 1894 Burlington (Iowa) Hawk-eye 9 Sept. 1/5 In the down-town district..are to be found men who will register or bet to any amount. These ‘handbook’ men are all given their odds..by a central syndicate. 1921 Cosmopolitan Apr. 76/2 Einstein shaved the odds, of course, like any handbook-man'll do, but he gave me fifty to one. 1991 R. C. Lindberg To serve & Collect vi. 100 After he covered the entire North Side with an army of handbook men, Tennes bought the Payne service for the purpose of supplying his poolrooms with information about odds, scratches, and race results. < as lemmas |
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