The phrase "bookie for" is correct and usable in written English.
It typically refers to someone who acts as a bookmaker or takes bets on sporting events or other competitions. Example: I hired a bookie for the Super Bowl so I could place a bet on my favorite team.
In order to remain solvent, he has to kill a Chinese bookie for the mob.
In 1920s Chicago his five brothers (the Uncles, as they were known) — Dovie, Fat, Zus, Zell and Jules — were "betting commissioners" (read: "bookie") for the Capone mob.
In the book, Donaghy describes how he worked with a bookie for years and got tangled up with increasingly dubious characters.
Their intention was to say thank you to the Irish bookie for digging deep to provide kit and a training camp.
If, on Wednesday night, you'd asked a bookie for odds on this pair being the last to tee off on the final day of this year's Open, he'd have thought you were insane.
She has changed her name (it's really Abigail) and is married to a notorious convicted and imprisoned murderer, Robert Manette, played by Gene Kelly, who killed a bookie for a roll of cash.
Bookies, for example, have relatively free rein and sports betting is big business.
Could I really sit in front of my screen and make money from the bookies for nothing?
Despite the modest betting volume, the Vancouver Games have whetted the appetites of bookies for the 2012 Summer Games in London.
Crystal Palace haven't even secured their spot in the post-season lottery, but are as short as 12-5 with some bookies for promotion.
I've been tracking these prices since early July, converting them into implied probabilities and averaging across the two bookies, for each seat.
