E.O.

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eo"

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Short for "even and odd".

Noun

E.O. (uncountable)

  1. (historical) An old dice game resembling roulette.
    • 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:
      We made most at the E. O. tables,—not those played with a ball, they weren’t in vogue then, but throwing dice for prizes marked on a table. […] Our E. O. table was in a tilted cart.
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