单词 | betting-book |
释义 | > as lemmasbetting-book betting-book n. a book in which a better enters his bets. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > book-maker's equipment > betting book or slip book1714 betting-book1813 betting-slip1927 handbook1946 horse-book1962 1813 Sporting Mag. 42 141/1 By a recent exposition of his betting-book at Tattersall's, it appeared that he lost 1200 guineas. 1836 R. S. Surtees Let. in A. Mathews Mem. C. Mathews (1839) IV. 194 As soon as ever he got to town he would advertise for a man that could keep a betting-book. 1855 F. P. Cobbe Ess. Intuitive Morals I. 154 Making up their lives as sagaciously as a black-leg does his betting book. < as lemmas |
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