![]() The name refers to 10 Downing Street the home of the UK Prime Minister.Ī reference to the shape of the number resembling a pair of legs, often chicken legs specifically. ![]() (Current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) Boris’s den. Number 9 was a laxative pill given out by army doctors in WWII. Response is a single "quack."įrom the Nursery rhyme One, Two, Buckle my shoe Three, Four, Knock at the door.Ī common phrase meaning six units (see "12" below).ħ is considered a lucky number in some cultures see also "73".įrom the resemblance of the number 8 to an overweight woman see also "88".Ī reference to the British railway line running from London Victoria and London Bridge to Brighton. The pun is military slang possibly a reference to Ned Kelly, from Ned Kelly's helmet, the eye slot resembling the number 1.įrom the resemblance of the number 2 to a duck see also "22". In 2003, Butlins holiday camps introduced some more modern calls devised by a Professor of Popular Culture in an attempt to bring fresh interest to bingo. In some clubs, the 'bingo caller' will say the number, with the assembled players intoning the rhyme in a call and response manner, in others, the caller will say the rhyme and the players chant the number. The nicknames are sometimes known by the rhyming phrase 'bingo lingo' and there are rhymes for each number from 1 to 90, some of which date back many decades. In the game of bingo in the United Kingdom, callers announcing the numbers have traditionally used some nicknames to refer to particular numbers if they are drawn. This is a list of British bingo nicknames.
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