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.
- postmodifier
- postmodify
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