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housey-housey

housey-housey noun: lotto or bingo, especially when played for money.

Noun

housey-housey (uncountable)

  1. Lotto or bingo, especially when played for money.
    • The rest of the day they passed lying on their beds yarning, or reading stories by Victoria Cross, or playing cards or housey-housey.1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 122

Origin of housey-housey

Reduplicated diminutive house + -y. See house (“the game of bingo”)

Questions about housey-housey

What does housey-housey mean?
Housey-housey means lotto or bingo, especially when played for money.
What part of speech is housey-housey?
Housey-housey is a noun.

Words near housey-housey in the dictionary

  1. housewrecker
  2. housewreckers
  3. housewright
  4. housewrights
  5. housey
  6. housey-housey
  7. Housh
  8. Houshes
  9. houshold
  10. housholds
  11. housholdstuff

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