fullam

plural fullams · alternative fullan · alternative fullom · alternative fulham

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

   Who! he serve? 'sblood, he keeps high men, and low-men, he! he has a fair living at Fullam.

   1599, Ben Jonson, Every Man out of His Humour, act 3, scene 1

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   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.

   1594, Thomas Nashe, The Unfortunate Traveller

   Let vultures gripe thy guts! For gourd and fullam holds / And high and low beguiles the rich and poor.

   a. 1597, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, act 1, scene 3

   Synonyms: gourd, langret, loaded dice

2. UKarchaicbroadlycolloquialA sham; a hoax; a make-believe.

   Synonyms: deception

plural Fullams

1. A surname.