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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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A false die; a die intentionally loaded, or unevenly weighted, so that it always rolls a specific number. Full definition →
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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.