Fullam
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A false die; a die intentionally loaded, or unevenly weighted, so that it always rolls a specific number. UK, archaic, slang
"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."
- 2 A sham; a hoax; a make-believe. UK, archaic, broadly, colloquial
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"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."
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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