FULHAM

Etymology

Proper noun

Fulham

An area in southwestern London, England, on the north side of the River Thames.

Etymology

So called because loaded dice were supposed to have been chiefly made at Fulham, originally in Middlesex, England.

Noun

fulham (plural fulhams)

(archaic, UK, slang) Alternative form of fullam (“loaded die”)

(archaic, UK, colloquial, by extension) Alternative form of fullam (“sham”)

Source: Wiktionary

Ful"ham, n. Etym: [So named because supposed to have been chiefly made at Fulham, in Middlesex, Eng.)

Definition: A false die. [Cant] [Written also fullam.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition