Gourds
Dice with a secret cavity. Those loaded with lead were called
Fulhams (q.v.).
Gourds and fullam holds,
And high and low beguile the rich and poor.
Shakespeare: Merry Wives of Windsor, i. 3.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Gourds from Fact Monster:
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