housie

== English == === Alternative forms === housie-housie === Etymology === From house +‎ -ie. === Pronunciation === (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈhaʊzi/ === Noun === housie (uncountable) (Australia, New Zealand) A gambling game similar to bingo. 2010, Michael Caulfield (editor), The Voices of War: Australians Tell Their Stories from World War I to the Present, unumbered page, He was very officious—universally hated—and bingo, then called housie, was illegal, because we had a housie game and we used to play this on deck and we were all up on deck in our shorts and we′d give warning if he was coming. (slang) One who is not homeless. ==== Translations ====