Definition of Fullams

1. fullam [n] - See also: fullam

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fullams

full tilt boogie
full time
full to the brim
full to the gills
full toss
full tosses
full treatment
full up
full verb
full well
full whack
full whacks
fullage
fullages
fullam
fullams (current term)
fullan
fullans
fullback
fullbacks
fullblood
fullbloods
fullbring
fullburn
fullcome
fullcourt
fulldo
fulldriven
fulled
fullend

Literary usage of Fullams

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary to the Works of William Shakespeare by Alexander Dyce (1902)
"... fullams, false dice, which, on the contrary, were loaded with metal on one side, so as either to produce high throws, or to turn up low numbers, ..."

2. Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer (1884)
"fullams" were also false dice, " loaded with metal on one side, ... It has been suggested that dice were termed fullams either because Fulham was the resort ..."

3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"(5) For ; because ; on account of. North. fullams. False dice. Shak. ... and low fullams, to denote dice loaded on the high or low number. ..."

4. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"Thus those which were loaded may have been called " full ones," hence fullams. Those made to throw the high and low numbers were respectively termed " high ..."

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