fullam

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English

Two dice, both landing high on six.

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Etymology

From Fulham, a London suburb, which during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I was the most notorious place for blacklegs in all of England. Loaded dice were supposed to have been chiefly made there.

Pronunciation

Noun

fullam (plural fullam or fullams)

  1. (archaic, UK, slang) A false die; a die intentionally loaded, or unevenly weighted, so that it always rolls a specific number.
    • 1594, Thomas Nashe, The Unfortunate Traveller:
      Captaine, you perceiue how neere both of vs are driuen, the dice of late are growen as melancholy as a dog, high men and low men both prosper alike, langrets, fullams, and all the whole fellowshippe of them will not affoord a man his dinner, some other means must be inuented to preuent imminent extremitie.
    • a. 1597, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, act 1, scene 3:
      Let vultures gripe thy guts! For gourd and fullam holds / And high and low beguiles the rich and poor.
    • 1599, Ben Jonson, Every Man out of His Humour, act 3, scene 1:
      Who! he serve? 'sblood, he keeps high men, and low-men, he! he has a fair living at Fullam.
  2. (archaic, UK, colloquial, by extension) A sham; a hoax; a make-believe.

Synonyms

Hyponyms

  • (false die): highmen (loaded for high number) (plural), lowmen (loaded for low number) (plural), uphills (loaded for high number) (plural)

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