fullam
ful·lam/ˈfʊləm/obsolete
fullam is a noun meaning “A false die; a die intentionally loaded, or unevenly weighted, so that it always rolls a specific number” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-U-L-L-A-M and has 2 syllables (ful·lam), and it appears about once in every 62 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fullam is fullams.
What does fullam mean?
noun
- 1
UKarchaicslangA false die; a die intentionally loaded, or unevenly weighted, so that it always rolls a specific number.
- 2
UKarchaiccolloquialA sham; a hoax; a make-believe.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fullam?
- /ˈfʊləm/
Fullam has 2 syllables, split ful·lam in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fullam
- fullan
- fullom
- fulham
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fullam?
Fullam appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does fullam come from?
From Fulham, a London suburb, which during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I was the most notorious place for blacklegs in all of England. Loaded dice were supposed to have been chiefly made there.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).