make book

English

Verb

to make book (third-person singular simple present makes book, present participle making book, simple past and past participle made book)

(idiomatic) To gamble, either by placing or taking bets.
- 1954, "Into the Stretch," Time, 30 Aug.:
  In the American League, front-running Cleveland was an odds-on favorite with the men who make book on baseball.
(idiomatic) To be very confident.
- 1909, Rex Ellingwood Beach, The Silver Horde, ch. 25:
  "Oh, you can make book that she didn't start no love-making. She ain't the kind to curl up in a man's ear and whisper."

单词	make book
释义	make book English Verb to make book (third-person singular simple present makes book, present participle making book, simple past and past participle made book) (idiomatic) To gamble, either by placing or taking bets. 1954, "Into the Stretch," Time, 30 Aug.: In the American League, front-running Cleveland was an odds-on favorite with the men who make book on baseball. (idiomatic) To be very confident. 1909, Rex Ellingwood Beach, The Silver Horde, ch. 25: "Oh, you can make book that she didn't start no love-making. She ain't the kind to curl up in a man's ear and whisper."
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