"make book" meaning in English

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      "form": "makes book",
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    {
      "form": "making book",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "made book",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "ref": "1954 August 30, “Into the Stretch”, in Time",
          "text": "In the American League, front-running Cleveland was an odds-on favorite with the men who make book on baseball.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To gamble, either by placing or taking bets."
      ],
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          "gamble",
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          "bet",
          "bet"
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        "(idiomatic) To gamble, either by placing or taking bets."
      ],
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          "ref": "1909, Rex Ellingwood Beach, chapter 25, in The Silver Horde",
          "text": "\"Oh, you can make book that she didn't start no love-making. She ain't the kind to curl up in a man's ear and whisper.\"",
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      "glosses": [
        "To be very confident."
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          "confident",
          "confident"
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        "(idiomatic) To be very confident."
      ],
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  "word": "make book"
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        {
          "ref": "1954 August 30, “Into the Stretch”, in Time",
          "text": "In the American League, front-running Cleveland was an odds-on favorite with the men who make book on baseball.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To gamble, either by placing or taking bets."
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        }
      ],
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        "To be very confident."
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        "(idiomatic) To be very confident."
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