turf accountant

Some of the older shops still call themselves "turf accountants."

There are turf accountants' office in virtually every town.

So you may, instead, want to place your bet with the turf accountants - bookies.

The turf accountant will reach into that suitcase, pull out a wad of Irish pounds and pay you off.

Perhaps one is safer being a turf accountant than a chartered accountant in this day and age.

"The turf accountant would straddle the chair and keep track of the bets on the lectern," he said.

The Darrowby turf accountants were a harassed and fugitive body of men.

When you have finally lost your shirt, you will be told that the quickest way to the gentleman's outfitters is past the turf accountant.

"She's mine, too," Rafik said, "and there is nothing inherently criminal about the profession of being a turf accountant."

Bookmakers responded to the situation by giving themselves titles like 'commission agents' and 'turf accountants'.

'Turf Accountants' Indeed, Britain's bookmaking industry is the most developed in the world.

You know the one, the one who married a turf accountant, large house, swimming pool, room for a pony!")

A bookmaker, bookie or Turf Accountant is person or company that collect bets for sporting events.

A betting chain is named Sporting Times Turf Accountants, and many villages have small restaurants called "bakery hotels."

Turf accountant, Twickenham, Middlesex.

A bookmaker, bookie or Turf Accountant is an organization or a person that takes bets on sporting and other events at agreed upon odds.

After retiring from the game through injury, he gained a turf accountants licence and ran a bookmakers business in Watford, before owning a removals company.

Main Street has a public house, supermarket, grocery shops, an off license, a bakery, a turf accountant, a medical centre, hairdressers, a florist, and a number of eating places.

It was merely because nothing of a suitable nature had presented itself by the time we reached the T's that I suggested Turf Accountant faute de mieux."

Then he went into the head office of Jackie Spratt's Limited, Commission Agents and Turf Accountants, in the Mile End Road.

It was a betting-slip, marked 'REG BUTLER, Turf Accountants'.

Bruce is able to provide her with a "large house, and a 'Mercedes, sauna and room for a pony'" through a comfortable income as a "turf accountant" (or, more correctly, a bookmaker).

Director of Selections, Science Faculty, University of Eastern California Letter from Harry Gilbert to Marty Goldman Ltd, Turf Accountants.

The bet was refused because average sums placed on royal bets is £6, but the unidentified customer from Ascot was allowed to place £1,000, said Rupert Adams, a spokesman for the turf accountants.

The list of Scottish footballers who have frequented their local turf accountant is longer than the starting lineup for the Grand National, but when it comes to identifying the ante-post favourite one player stands out above the rest.