fulham
/ˈfʊləm/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.37 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
An area in southwestern London, England, on the north side of the River Thames.
Example Sentences
- "“Cards may be more agreeable,” said Captain Colepepper; “and, for knowing your company, here is honest old Pillory will tell you Jack Colepepper plays as truly on the square as e’er a man that trowled a die–Men talk of high and low dice, Fulhams and bristles, topping, knapping, slurring, stabbing, and a hundred ways of rooking besides; but broil me like a rasher of bacon, if I could ever learn the trick on ‘em!”"
- "As one cut out to pass your tricks on, / With fulhams of poetic fiction"
- "There were only four in the starting XIs as Sunderland were beaten 1-0 by Jol's side – Jack Colback and Adam Johnson for Sunderland and Kieran Richardson and Steve Sidwell for Fulham – but Jol's shrug was one of resignation rather than indifference."
Etymology
So called because loaded dice were supposed to have been chiefly made at Fulham, originally in Middlesex, England.
Origin
- Source language: Old English
Word Breakdown
Usage
- British usage
- Archaic
- Slang
- Colloquial