booker n.1
(US Und.) a person who provides protection, as well as call services, for madams.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | (con. 1930s) Cast the First Stone 198: New entrepreneurs, calling themslves bookers, grew out of the vaudeville-circuit pattern. In addition to running a call service for madams, they organized a protection racket that was tied in with the bail bond business. |