Meanings
plural oddsmakers
- A person who sets odds for gambling.
Springsteen then threw himself into his four-song set, a highly anticipated series of songs that had Las Vegas oddsmakers taking bets on which tunes he'd select.
2009 February 2, JENNA FRYER, “Big-game musical acts put charge into crowd”, in Toronto Star1 more example
Nicklaus also was not biting on any questions about Woods’s quest to overtake him, starting with one asking him about the oddsmakers having installed Woods as even money to win the Masters.
2008 April 10, Larry Dorman, “As Woods Chases History, History Appears”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 10 Apr 2021
Origin
- Englishodds
- Proto-West Germanic*mak
- Proto-West Germanic*makōn?
- Old Englishmacian
- Middle Englishmaken
- Middle Englishmaker
- Englishmaker
- Englishoddsmaker
Cite this entry
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