housey-housey

English

Etymology

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

Noun

housey-housey (uncountable)

1. Lotto or bingo, especially when played for money.
   • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 122:

     The rest of the day they passed lying on their beds yarning, or reading stories by Victoria Cross, or playing cards or housey-housey.