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Vigorish (also known as juice, under-juice, the cut, the take, the margin, the house edge or the vig) is the fee charged by a bookmaker for accepting a gambler's wager. In American English, it can also refer to the interest owed a loanshark in consideration for credit.
Marlon collapsed, telling Eli to go, leaving the customer and the bookie to ring the police. Marlon was rushed to hospital and made a full recovery. Marlon is put in the paper as a hero. Marlon is filled with guilt when the grateful bookie turns up to give him his winnings and when Donna even praised him for stopping the robbery.
vig: Vigorish abbr. the house's or bookie's take in gambling or the interest paid to a loan shark for the loan; also see juice. waste management business: euphemism for organized crime. whack: to murder; also clip, hit, pop, burn, put a contract out. wiseguy: a made man.
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
A bookmaker, bookie, or turf accountant is an organization or a person that accepts and pays out bets on sporting and other events at agreed-upon odds. History
The Great Bookie robbery was a crime committed in Melbourne, Australia, on 21 April 1976. Crime A well ... Bennett was arrested on a minor charge in 1979. While being ...
Charles "Lucky" Luciano (/ ˌ l uː tʃ i ˈ ɑː n oʊ / LOO-chee-AH-noh, [1] Italian: [luˈtʃaːno]; born Salvatore Lucania [salvaˈtoːre lukaˈniːa]; [2] November 24, 1897 [nb 1] – January 26, 1962) was an Italian-born gangster who operated mainly in the United States.
The heirs spend the next several months trying to accumulate clues from rival pairs. In doing so, many form new friendships and make surprising discoveries about each other. Many of the heirs harbored secret lives, including being a bookie, thief, bomber, undercover private investigator, and relative of Sam Westing. Nearing the Fourth of July ...