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housey-housey en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Lotto 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: