housey-housey

noun

Lotto or bingo, especially when played for money.

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Meanings

nounhousey-housey (uncountable)
  1. uncountableLotto or bingo, especially when played for money.

    The rest of the day they passed lying on their beds yarning, or reading stories by Victoria Cross, or playing cards or housey-housey.

    1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 122

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
bingo

Origin

Reduplicated diminutive house + -y. See house (“the game of bingo”)

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APA

housey-housey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/housey-housey

MLA

“housey-housey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/housey-housey. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “housey-housey,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/housey-housey.

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