Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fullam

/ˈfʊləm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

Syllables: ful-lam
IPA: /ˈfʊləm/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A false die; a die intentionally loaded, or unevenly weighted, so that it always rolls a specific number.

British usage; Archaic; Slang

noun

A sham; a hoax; a make-believe.

British usage; Archaic; Colloquial

name

Example Sentences

"Captaine, you perceiue how neere both of vs are driuen, the dice of late are growen as melancholy as a dog, high men and low men both prosper alike, langrets, fullams, and all the whole fellowshippe of them will not affoord a man his dinner, some other means must be inuented to preuent imminent extremitie."
"Let vultures gripe thy guts! For gourd and fullam holds / And high and low beguiles the rich and poor."
"Who! he serve? 'sblood, he keeps high men, and low-men, he! he has a fair living at Fullam."

Etymology

From Fulham, a London suburb, which during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I was the most notorious place for blacklegs in all of England. Loaded dice were supposed to have been chiefly made there.

Usage

Inflected Forms

fullams (plural) fullan (alternative) fullom (alternative) fulham (alternative)

Synonyms

gourd langret loaded dice deception

Homonyms

Fulham

Rhymes With

pullum woolum fulham

Questions

How do you pronounce fullam?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfʊləm/.
What does fullam mean?: A false die; a die intentionally loaded, or unevenly weighted, so that it always rolls a specific number.
Where does fullam come from?: From Fulham, a London suburb, which during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I was the most notorious place for blacklegs in all of England. Loaded dice were supposed to have been chiefly made there.

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