housie

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  A gambling game similar to bingo.
 * 2) * 2010, Michael Caulfield (editor), The Voices of War: Australians Tell Their Stories from World War I to the Present, unumbered page,
 * He was very officious—universally hated—and bingo, then called housie, was illegal, because we had a housie game and we used to play this on deck and we were all up on deck in our shorts and we′d give warning if he was coming.
 * 1) * 2010, Michael Caulfield (editor), The Voices of War: Australians Tell Their Stories from World War I to the Present, unumbered page,
 * He was very officious—universally hated—and bingo, then called housie, was illegal, because we had a housie game and we used to play this on deck and we were all up on deck in our shorts and we′d give warning if he was coming.
 * He was very officious—universally hated—and bingo, then called housie, was illegal, because we had a housie game and we used to play this on deck and we were all up on deck in our shorts and we′d give warning if he was coming.

Translations

 * Maori: wharewhare