bookmakern.

Brit.

/ˈbʊkˌmeɪkə/, U.S.

/ˈbʊkˌmeɪkər/

Forms: see book n. and maker n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: book n., maker n.

Etymology: < book n. + maker n. With sense 3 compare to make (a) book at make v.¹ 17d.Earliest attested as a surname.

1. A person who makes books (as a material product); a printer, a bookbinder.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > bookbinder > [noun]

bookbinder1251

bookmaker1293

binder1556

bibliopegist1824

society > communication > printing > printer > [noun] > one who prints books

book printera1493

bookmaker1515

1293 in G. Fransson Middle Eng. Surnames (1935) 129 (MED) Will. le Bokmakere.

1515 in J. L. Glasscock Rec. St. Michael's, Bishop's Stortford (1882) 34 Item pd. to th bokemaker and his servaunt..xxxiijs. iiijd.

1710 ‘J. Distaff’ Char. Don Sacheverellio (bookseller's note) Printed and Sold by Francis Higgins, Bookmaker.

1899 T. Veblen Theory of Leisure Class vi. 162 The later products of the book-maker's industry.

1933 Indiana Mag. of Hist. June 165 The volume is a splendid specimen of the book-maker's art, and many readers will find its contents equally attractive.

2004 Leonardo 37 386/1 The book-maker—who had never considered such a request—felt..he could realize plastic screens at the size she wanted.

2. A person who writes or compiles a book or books; (frequently depreciative) a person who does this in a mechanical or perfunctory manner. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun]

bookerOE

writerOE

makerc1350

authora1382

inditera1387

pena1398

poetc1400

bookmakera1425

ditera1425

compilera1500

compositor?1533

book writer1565

penner1568

authorizera1579

bookwright1583

scribe1584

epistler1592

penman1592

scriptora1600

composer1603

book-breeder1605

comprisor?1623

volumist1641

scrivenera1660

literatist1660

knight of the quill1692

belletrist1816

scriever1825

creative writer1854

penworker1876

a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 8^v (MED) Auctor, a boke maker.

1533 T. More Apol. i, in Wks. 928/2 For of newe booke makers there are now moe then ynough.

1651 G. Gardyner Descr. New World To Eng. Nation sig. A6^v This Epitomie..which I present with a resolution to submit to that common censure all Book-makers must undergo.

1769 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! II. xiii. 134 One Obadiah Glum, a noted book-maker, magazine-monger, and anti-critic of the eighteenth century.

1791 Monthly Rev. Feb. 180 If he should write with the heaviness of the Italian antiquaries, and of many book-makers of the old rock.

1849 Earl Lonsdale in Croker Papers (1884) III. xxvi. 202 He [sc. Arthur Young] was spoilt by the success of his early works, and became a bookmaker.

1878 J. Morley Diderot I. 218 Cases in which he reproduced, as any mere bookmaker might have done, the thought of his authority.

1903 Daily Chron. 12 Feb. 3/1 He has the scissors of a ready book-maker, and will ‘pot’ extracts from Mr. Roosevelt's writings and messages ‘till the cows come home’.

a. A person whose job is to take bets (typically on sports), calculate odds, and pay out winnings, typically either in a betting shop or at a racecourse or other sporting venue. Cf. book n. 11.

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

1833 New Sporting Mag. 6 292/2 It is also necessary for the ‘book’ maker (if he makes a large book) to be a known good man.

1862 London Rev. & Weekly Jrnl. 30 Aug. 188 Betting there seemed to be none..we could not perceive a single book or book-maker.

1880 W. Day Racehorse in Training xxiv. 245 Bookmakers pursue a legitimate and lucrative trade by laying against all horses as they appear in the market.

1971 R. Roberts Classic Slum x. 183 Football pools ‘nationalised’ a local form of gambling. Before their introduction bookmakers supplied men in factory and workshop with fixed odds football coupons weekly.

2010 Independent 6 Jan. 17/1 There are spoken formulae, too, still in routine use by on-course bookmakers—not just between themselves, and their clerks, but also with professional punters whose familiarity earns them the soubriquet ‘faces’.

b. Frequently in the genitive. A shop or other establishment that handles bets, a betting shop; (later also) an online betting service. Cf. bookie n.² 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > betting place

wager-hall1691

wagering-post1696

wager-office1723

betting-post1771

ring1775

betting room1793

betting ring1822

Tattersall1836

betting office1852

betting shop1852

betting-house1853

pool room1861

list shop1875

list house1902

tote-shop1906

silver ring1921

bookmaker1923

bookie1936

1923 Manch. Guardian 21 Feb. 7/3 They won't take cheques at the bookmakers. Can't you cash it at the bank?

1934 H. P. Long in Confirmation D. D. Moore to be Collector Internal Revenue (Hearing before U.S. Senate Finance Comm., 73rd Congr., 2nd Sess.) 119 I will ask you if you understand how the news services are furnished..into these race tracks, into the bookmakers, and things of that kind?

1999 D. McKittrick Lost Lives 109/2 The shooting took place shortly before 4 p.m. as the victim was going to a bookmaker's near Peel Street.

2001 Times 24 Jan. i. 23/1 Sportingbet.com, the ambitious online bookmaker, yesterday defied investor disillusionment with dot-coms.

2004 Independent 17 Aug. (Review section) 3/4 I've walked past bookmakers without chancing the fiver that's in my pocket to spend on lunch.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bookmaker
释义	bookmakern. Brit. /ˈbʊkˌmeɪkə/, U.S. /ˈbʊkˌmeɪkər/ Forms: see book n. and maker n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: book n., maker n. Etymology: < book n. + maker n. With sense 3 compare to make (a) book at make v.¹ 17d.Earliest attested as a surname. 1. A person who makes books (as a material product); a printer, a bookbinder. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > bookbinder > [noun] bookbinder1251 bookmaker1293 binder1556 bibliopegist1824 society > communication > printing > printer > [noun] > one who prints books book printera1493 bookmaker1515 1293 in G. Fransson Middle Eng. Surnames (1935) 129 (MED) Will. le Bokmakere. 1515 in J. L. Glasscock Rec. St. Michael's, Bishop's Stortford (1882) 34 Item pd. to th bokemaker and his servaunt..xxxiijs. iiijd. 1710 ‘J. Distaff’ Char. Don Sacheverellio (bookseller's note) Printed and Sold by Francis Higgins, Bookmaker. 1899 T. Veblen Theory of Leisure Class vi. 162 The later products of the book-maker's industry. 1933 Indiana Mag. of Hist. June 165 The volume is a splendid specimen of the book-maker's art, and many readers will find its contents equally attractive. 2004 Leonardo 37 386/1 The book-maker—who had never considered such a request—felt..he could realize plastic screens at the size she wanted. 2. A person who writes or compiles a book or books; (frequently depreciative) a person who does this in a mechanical or perfunctory manner. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] bookerOE writerOE makerc1350 authora1382 inditera1387 pena1398 poetc1400 bookmakera1425 ditera1425 compilera1500 compositor?1533 book writer1565 penner1568 authorizera1579 bookwright1583 scribe1584 epistler1592 penman1592 scriptora1600 composer1603 book-breeder1605 comprisor?1623 volumist1641 scrivenera1660 literatist1660 knight of the quill1692 belletrist1816 scriever1825 creative writer1854 penworker1876 a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 8^v (MED) Auctor, a boke maker. 1533 T. More Apol. i, in Wks. 928/2 For of newe booke makers there are now moe then ynough. 1651 G. Gardyner Descr. New World To Eng. Nation sig. A6^v This Epitomie..which I present with a resolution to submit to that common censure all Book-makers must undergo. 1769 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! II. xiii. 134 One Obadiah Glum, a noted book-maker, magazine-monger, and anti-critic of the eighteenth century. 1791 Monthly Rev. Feb. 180 If he should write with the heaviness of the Italian antiquaries, and of many book-makers of the old rock. 1849 Earl Lonsdale in Croker Papers (1884) III. xxvi. 202 He [sc. Arthur Young] was spoilt by the success of his early works, and became a bookmaker. 1878 J. Morley Diderot I. 218 Cases in which he reproduced, as any mere bookmaker might have done, the thought of his authority. 1903 Daily Chron. 12 Feb. 3/1 He has the scissors of a ready book-maker, and will ‘pot’ extracts from Mr. Roosevelt's writings and messages ‘till the cows come home’. 3. a. A person whose job is to take bets (typically on sports), calculate odds, and pay out winnings, typically either in a betting shop or at a racecourse or other sporting venue. Cf. book n. 11. 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 1833 New Sporting Mag. 6 292/2 It is also necessary for the ‘book’ maker (if he makes a large book) to be a known good man. 1862 London Rev. & Weekly Jrnl. 30 Aug. 188 Betting there seemed to be none..we could not perceive a single book or book-maker. 1880 W. Day Racehorse in Training xxiv. 245 Bookmakers pursue a legitimate and lucrative trade by laying against all horses as they appear in the market. 1971 R. Roberts Classic Slum x. 183 Football pools ‘nationalised’ a local form of gambling. Before their introduction bookmakers supplied men in factory and workshop with fixed odds football coupons weekly. 2010 Independent 6 Jan. 17/1 There are spoken formulae, too, still in routine use by on-course bookmakers—not just between themselves, and their clerks, but also with professional punters whose familiarity earns them the soubriquet ‘faces’. b. Frequently in the genitive. A shop or other establishment that handles bets, a betting shop; (later also) an online betting service. Cf. bookie n.² 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > betting place wager-hall1691 wagering-post1696 wager-office1723 betting-post1771 ring1775 betting room1793 betting ring1822 Tattersall1836 betting office1852 betting shop1852 betting-house1853 pool room1861 list shop1875 list house1902 tote-shop1906 silver ring1921 bookmaker1923 bookie1936 1923 Manch. Guardian 21 Feb. 7/3 They won't take cheques at the bookmakers. Can't you cash it at the bank? 1934 H. P. Long in Confirmation D. D. Moore to be Collector Internal Revenue (Hearing before U.S. Senate Finance Comm., 73rd Congr., 2nd Sess.) 119 I will ask you if you understand how the news services are furnished..into these race tracks, into the bookmakers, and things of that kind? 1999 D. McKittrick Lost Lives 109/2 The shooting took place shortly before 4 p.m. as the victim was going to a bookmaker's near Peel Street. 2001 Times 24 Jan. i. 23/1 Sportingbet.com, the ambitious online bookmaker, yesterday defied investor disillusionment with dot-coms. 2004 Independent 17 Aug. (Review section) 3/4 I've walked past bookmakers without chancing the fiver that's in my pocket to spend on lunch. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1293
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