Meanings
nounE O (uncountable)
alternative E.O.
- uncountableA game of chance, in which a ball falls into one of several ditches marked "E" or "O".
He likes the lady's EO table better than the lady.
1801, Maria Edgeworth, Belinda1 more example
“Witness your pitiful behaviour at the E. O. table, when that officer bullied you out of twenty guineas, which you wan't obliged to pay.”
1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
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E O. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/E%20O
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“E O.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/E%20O. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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