ful|ham

ful|ham
ful|ham «FUL uhm», noun.
Slang. a die loaded at the corner: »

There is no loading of the dice, or throwing of fulhams (Arthur Conan Doyle).

[perhaps < Fulham, once a gambling section of London]

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