Bingo Numbers Nicknames 81-90
Once numbers reach through to the eighties, the descriptions often refer to a Fat Lady. This is an unkind reference to the characterisation of the 8 digit as a fat lady, and the accompanying numerals with their previous descriptive.
81 – Fat Lady and a Little Wee; Stop and Run.
82 – Fat Lady with a Duck; Straight on Through.
83 – Fat Lady with a Flea; Time for Tea, Ethel’s Ear.
84 – Seven Dozen.
85 – Staying Alive.
86 – Between the Sticks.
87 – Fat Lady with a Crutch. Seven is either lucky or regarded as a crutch.
88 – Two Fat ladies. Wobbly Wobbly is also used for 88 and is a slang term describing how the fat ladies would look walking along together.
89 – Nearly There, All but One. The reference being related to the fact that 89 is one number away from the last ball.
90 – Top of the shop; Top of the house; End of the line. The last number in the 90 ball bingo game.
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