housie
/ˈhaʊsi/noun [mass noun] chiefly Australian /NZ
Bingo: housie is being played somewhere on the island every night...
- Similar to the popular housie or tombola, students won cash prizes in this game.
- They had no devotion to the Rosary and they were not interested in parish novenas or working to continue the regular housie nights.
- The fun and games continued with housie occupying most of the time.
Origin
1930s: perhaps from housey-housey.
- litter basket
- litter bin
- litter box
- litterbug
- litter case
- litter lout
- littermate
- litter tray
- little
- Little American
- Little Americanism
- Little Ararat
- Little Audrey joke
- little auk
- Little Bear
- Little Bighorn, Battle of
- Little Bighorn River
- little black dress
- little black frock
- little bluestem
- little boy
- little-boy-lost
- little boys' room
- Little Brother
- little by little