E.O.

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eo"

English

Alternative forms

• E O

Etymology

Short for "even and odd".

Noun

E.O. (uncountable)

1. (historical) An old dice game resembling roulette.
   • 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:

     We made most at the E. O. tables,—not those played with a ball, they weren’t in vogue then, but throwing dice for prizes marked on a table. […] Our E. O. table was in a tilted cart.