make book

make book
a) To gamble, either by placing or taking bets.

In the American League, front-running Cleveland was an odds-on favorite with the men who make book on baseball.

b) To be very confident.

"Oh, you can make book that she didnt start no love-making. She aint the kind to curl up in a mans ear and whisper."


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  • make book — index parlay (bet) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • make book — phrasal 1. : to accept bets at calculated odds on all the entrants in a race or contest : lay odds 2. : to make a business of accepting bets * * * take bets on the outcome of an event figurative I wouldn t make book on it …   Useful english dictionary

  • make (or open) a book (N. Amer. make book) — take bets and pay out winnings on the outcome of a contest or other event. → book …   English new terms dictionary

  • make book on something — tv. to make or accept bets on something. □ Well, she might. But I wouldn’t make book on it. □ Don’t make book on my success in this game …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • make book — {v. phr.} To serve as a bookmaker taking bets on the horse races. * /The police were out to prosecute anybody who made book illegally./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • make book — {v. phr.} To serve as a bookmaker taking bets on the horse races. * /The police were out to prosecute anybody who made book illegally./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • make\ book — v. phr. To serve as a bookmaker taking bets on the horse races. The police were out to prosecute anybody who made book illegally …   Словарь американских идиом

  • To make book — Book Book (b[oo^]k), n. [OE. book, bok, AS. b[=o]c; akin to Goth. b[=o]ka a letter, in pl. book, writing, Icel. b[=o]k, Sw. bok, Dan. bog, OS. b[=o]k, D. boek, OHG. puoh, G. buch; and fr. AS. b[=o]c, b[=e]ce, beech; because the ancient Saxons and …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • make book — phrasal to accept bets at calculated odds on all the entrants in a race or contest …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • make book — bus idi a) idi to take bets and give odds b) to wager; bet …   From formal English to slang

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