Calling Terms
Bingo callers in the UK traditionally use nicknames to refer to the numbers drawn. These calling terms sometimes rhyme and many date back decades.
- 1
- Kelly’s eye (after one-eyed Australian gangster Ned Kelly), Little Jimmy, First on the board
- 2
- Little duck, Me and you, Home alone, Peek a boo
- 3
- One little flea, Cup of tea, Monkey on the tree
- 4
- The one next door, On the floor, Shut the door
- 5
- One little snake, Man alive
- 6
- Chopsticks, Tom’s tricks, In a fix
- 7
- Hockey stick, Crutch, Lucky seven, God’s in heaven, David Beckham
- 8
- One fat lady, At the gate
- 9
- Doctor’s orders
- 10
- Downing street, Big fat hen, Cock and hen, Uncle Ben
- 11
- Legs, Chicken legs, Skinny legs
- 12
- One dozen, One doz’ if one can
- 13
- Unlucky for some, Bakers’ dozen
- 14
- Valentines day
- 15
- Rugby team
- 16
- Sweet sixteen, Never been kissed
- 17
- Dancing queen (from the Abba song of the same name), Posh and Becks
- 18
- Key of the door, Coming of age
- 19
- Goodbye teens
- 20
- Blind 20, One score
- 21
- Royal salute, Key of the door
- 22
- Two little ducks
- 23
- A duck and a flea, The Lord’s my shepherd (from Psalm 23)
- 24
- Two dozen
- 25
- Duck and dive
- 26
- Bed and breakfast (traditional price was 2 shillings 6 pence), Half a crown (equivalent to 2 shillings 6 pence)
- 27
- Gateway to heaven, Little duck with a crutch
- 28
- Duck and its mate
- 29
- Rise and shine
- 30
- Dirty Gertie, Speed limit
- 31
- Get up and run
- 32
- Buckle my Shoe
- 33
- Two little fleas, Sherwood forest (all the trees)
- 34
- Ask for more
- 35
- Jump and jive, Flirty wives
- 36
- Three dozen
- 37
- A flea in heaven
- 38
- Christmas cake
- 39
- All the steps (from the 1935 Hitchcock film), Jack Benny
- 40
- Two score, Life begins at, Naughty 40
- 41
- Life’s begun, Time for fun
- 42
- Whinny the Poo
- 43
- Down on your knees
- 44
- All the fours
- 45
- Halfway house, Halfway there
- 46
- Up to tricks
- 47
- Four and seven
- 48
- Four dozen
- 49
- PC (for police constable), Copper
- 50
- Bulls eye, Half a century, Hawaii five O
- 51
- I love my mum
- 52
- Weeks in a year, Pack ‘o cards
- 53
- Stuck in the tree, The joker
- 54
- Clean the floor
- 55
- Snakes alive, All the fives
- 56
- Was she worth it? (From the original price of a wedding contract)
- 57
- Heinz varieties, All the beans
- 58
- Make them wait, Choo choo Thomas
- 59
- Brighton line (the London-Brighton engine was number 59)
- 60
- Three score, Five dozen
- 61
- Bakers bun
- 62
- Tickety boo, Turn on the screw
- 63
- Tickle me
- 64
- The Beatles number, Red raw
- 65
- Old age pension
- 66
- Clickety click, All the sixes
- 67
- Made in heaven
- 68
- Saving grace
- 69
- Either way up, The French connection
- 70
- Three score and ten
- 71
- Bang on the drum, Lucky one
- 72
- A crutch and a duck, Par for the course (from golf)
- 73
- Crutch with a flea, Lucky three
- 74
- Candy store, Grandmamma of Bingo, Lucky four
- 75
- Granddaddy of Bingo, Lucky five
- 76
- Trombones, Lucky six
- 77
- All the sevens, Two little crutches, The double hockey stick, Lucky seven
- 78
- Heavens gate, Lucky eight
- 79
- Lucky nine
- 80
- Gandhi’s breakfast, Eight and blank
- 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
- 88
- Two fat ladies, Wobbly wobbly, All the eights
- 89
- Nearly there, All but one
- 90
- Top of the shop, Top of the house, End of the line

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