Meaning of housie | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A gambling game similar to bingo.
   Australia, New-Zealand, uncountable
2. One who is not homeless.
   slang, uncountable

Examples

“Aficionados continued to play⟳ housie for the rest⟳ of the decade, but always under the threat of criminal prosecution.”

“She ran raffles, card games and housie to raise⟳ money for Māori welfare.”

“Thursday night was housie night at St Monica′s hall.”

“2010, Michael Caulfield (editor), The Voices of War: Australians Tell⟳ Their Stories from World War I to the Present⟳, unumbered page, He was very officious—universally hated—and bingo, then called housie, was illegal, because we had a housie game and we used to play⟳ this on deck and we were all up on deck in our shorts and we′d give⟳ warning if he was coming.”

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