Know your UK Bingo calls

Bingo has a long tradition in the UK, with nicknames or rhyming calls for all the numbers, from 1 to 90, which date back to the 1950s.

Here is the lowdown on bingo calls to help you decipher the jargon.

Some calls are very famous like Legs Eleven and Clickety Click: 66, while others refer to the way the numbers look: Two little ducks: 22 or Two fat ladies: 88.

There are the rhyming pairs: Pick and Mix – 26, Man Alive – 5, Made in Heaven - 67

And the significant age numbers: Dancing Queen – 17, Key to the Door – 21

The unimaginative: Four and Seven – 47

The mathematical: Six dozen – 72

From the sublime: One more time - 79

To the ridiculous: Dirty Gertie - 30

And the simply inexplicable: More than Eleven – 37, Was she worth it – 56 (apparently the cost of a wedding license in the old days).

In recent years, some attempts have been made to modernize the bingo calls, for example J-Lo’s bum: 71 was tried, but didn’t stick.

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