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fullam

Syllables: ful·lam/ˈfʊləm/

fullam noun: a false die; a die intentionally loaded, or unevenly weighted, so that it always rolls a specific number.

fullam: a false die; a die intentionally loaded, or unevenly weighted, so that it always rolls a specific...
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Noun

fullam (plural fullam or fullams)

  1. (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...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
  2. (UK, archaic, broadly, colloquial) A sham; a hoax; a make-believe.
    Synonyms:
    deception

Proper noun capitalized: Fullam

Fullam (plural Fullams)

  1. A surname.

Synonyms of fullam

Forms of fullam

Noun
pluralfullam
pluralfullams
alternative formfullan
alternative formfullom
alternative formfulham
Proper noun
pluralFullams

Origin of fullam

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.

Words that rhyme with fullam

Questions about fullam

What does fullam mean?
Fullam means a false die; a die intentionally loaded, or unevenly weighted, so that it always rolls a specific number.
What part of speech is fullam?
Fullam can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce fullam?
Fullam is pronounced /ˈfʊləm/.
What is the plural of fullam?
The plural of fullam is fullam.

Words near fullam in the dictionary

  1. fulla
  2. Fullagar
  3. Fullagars
  4. fullage
  5. fullages
  6. fullam
  7. fullams
  8. Fullard
  9. Fullards
  10. fullas
  11. fullback

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