fullam

== English == === Alternative forms === fullan, fullom, fulham === 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 === IPA(key): /ˈfʊləm/ Hyphenation: ful‧lam Homophone: Fulham Rhymes: -ʊləm === Noun === fullam (plural fullam or fullams) (archaic, UK, slang) A false die; a die intentionally loaded, or unevenly weighted, so that it always rolls a specific number. (archaic, UK, colloquial, by extension) A sham; a hoax; a make-believe. ==== Synonyms ==== (false die): gourd, langret, loaded dice (plural) (sham): see Thesaurus:deception ==== Hyponyms ==== (false die): highmen (“loaded for high number”) (plural), lowmen (“loaded for low number”) (plural), uphills (“loaded for high number”) (plural) === References === John S[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1893), “fullam”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume III, [London: […] Harrison and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 83.