fullam
noun/ˈfʊləm/
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.
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UK, Archaic, Slang A false die; a die intentionally loaded, or unevenly weighted, so that it always rolls a specific number.
- 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.1594, Thomas Nashe, The Unfortunate Traveller:
- Let vultures gripe thy guts! For gourd and fullam holds / And high and low beguiles the rich and poor.a. 1597, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, act 1, scene 3:
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- Who! he serve? 'sblood, he keeps high men, and low-men, he! he has a fair living at Fullam.1599, Ben Jonson, Every Man out of His Humour, act 3, scene 1:
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UK, Archaic, Broadly, Colloquial A sham; a hoax; a make-believe.
- Synonyms
- gourd, langret, loaded dice, deception
- Hyponyms
- highmen, lowmen, uphills