The Shape of Bingo Numbers

To add humor and creativity to a Bingo game, callers often gave nicknames based on the shape of the numbers. The nicknames stuck on and what ever they are, it’s all in good humor!

• 1 – Nelson’s column

  Resembling a pillar, it is also called the Nelson’s Column that stands tall in Trafalgar Square in London.

• 2 – One little duck

  The number resembles a duck and hence the nickname.

• 3 – One Little Flea

  The number resembles a small flea and the nickname follows.

• 7 – One little crutch

• 8 – One Fat Lady.

  The number is compared to the hourglass figure of a buxom lady

• 11 – Legs/ Legs, they’re lovely/ Kelly’s legs/ Chicken legs/ Skinny legs

• 20 – Blind 20

• 22 – Two little ducks/ Ducks on a pond/ Dinky doo/ Quack quack/ Bishop Desmond/ Put your 22′s on/ Too(t) too(t)

• 25 – Duck and dive

• 27 – Little duck with a crutch

• 30 – Blind 30

• 33 – All the feathers / Two little fleas

• 37 – A flea in heaven

• 72 – A crutch and a duck

• 73 – Crutch and a flea

• 77 – Two little crutches

• 81 – Fat lady and a little wee

• 82 – Fat lady with a duck

• 83 – Fat lady with a flea/ Ethel’s Ear

• 87 – Fat lady with a crutch

• 88 – Two fat ladies/Wobbly wobbly

Know More About Bingo Nicknames and Terms:

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