housey-housey

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English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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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.
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