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Handicapper   /hˈændikˌæpər/   Listen
Handicapper

noun
1.
Someone who sets the betting odds based on calculations of the outcome of a contest (especially a horse race).  Synonym: odds-maker.





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"Handicapper" Quotes from Famous Books



... I don't quite see how that can be, as surely "time" travels faster than Meddler, so that, unless they take time with him, the handicap will be difficult to frame! By the way, when the handicaps are framed, where do they hang them up? and is it one of the "perks" of the Handicapper to supply the frames? ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 103, July 23, 1892 • Various
... right, so we rose and strolled down to the spot from which the race had started. We must have been mistaken, for when we emerged from the lane there was no sign of the competitors, I was not sorry, however, that we had returned prematurely; for I noticed the handicapper strolling idly about, and got into conversation ...
— Mushrooms on the Moor • Frank Boreham


Words linked to "Handicapper" :   handicap, gambler, odds-maker


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