Complete Bingo Calls Sheet

Bingo is an entertaining form of gambling in which true bingo players form a bingo community with their own kind of bingo calls and rhyming slang. Even if bingo is an easy game to play for beginners these bingo call outs can be a bit confusing at first. In their help I came and created this bingo calls sheet to ease their start in bingo gambling. Learning these phrases for sure will give you a good head start either for online bingo gambling or land based bingo gambling.

1. Kelly's eye, Little Jimmy, First on the board

Kelly's Eye is a nickname given after one-eyed Australian gangster Ned Kelly. This bingo call refers to a bingo game variation which was popular in the British army (in fact, the only gambling game allowed by the army).


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

This bingo call out also harks back in the army days remembering of a pill known as Number 9 which was a laxative given out by army doctors.


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, Posh and Becks

Nickname given after the ABBA Song, Dancing Queen. "You are the Dancing Queen, young and sweet, only seventeen..."


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

Refers to Psalm 23 in The Bible.


24. Two dozen


25. Duck and dive


26. Bed and breakfast, Half a crown (equivalent to 2 shillings 6 pence)

Comes from the long-established price of Bed and Breakfast accommodation in the UK of 2 shillings and 6 pence. This price was always abbreviated as "2 and 6".


27. Gateway to heaven, Little duck with a crutch


28. Duck and its mate


29. Rise and shine


30. Burlington Bertie, Dirty Gertie, Speed limit, Flirty thirty, Blind 30

Burlington Bertie: this bingo call is crossing over into horse racing lingo! Burlington Bertie refers to odds of 100-30 on the racing lingo. Speed Limit: The imposed vehicle speed limit in residential areas of the UK.


31. Get up and run


32. Buckle my Shoe


33. Two little fleas, Sherwood forest, Dirty knees, All the threes, All the feathers

Sherwood forest was the home of Robing Hood; 33 all the threes or 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, Jack Benny

From the 1935 espionage film "The 39 Steps" of Hitchcock.


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, Copper

PC refers to Police Constable. PC 49 was a famous cop show in the olden days of British radio in the 40’s and 50’s. The show also made it into a small number of film and comic strip spin-offs, therefore all the police references related with this number.


50. Bulls eye, Half a century, Hawaii five O

This bingo call out comes from the popular darts game in UK in which players who hit the center of the board called 'Bull's Eye' gets 50 points. Therefore the bingo number 50 is named Bulls Eye.


51. I love my mum


52. Weeks in a year, Pack'o cards, Danny La Rue

Danny La Rue: well-known drag artist in UK.


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

Refers to 'Heinz 57' which is a known assortment of canned baked beans in UK.


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

Based on the song "When I'm 64" of the British pop group legends The Beatles


65. Old age pension

Conventional British minimum age for claiming a state pension (although now lowered to 60 for women)


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 golfing terminology)


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

Trombones harks back to the brass section musical piece "76 Trombones" typically heard at just about every single parade.


77. Sunset strip, All the sevens, Two little crutches, The double hockey stick, Lucky seven

Sunset Strip: This bingo call out refers to a cult American TV show.


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