house rule

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noun
  1. a rule that is used in a game only in a specific place, as a particular casino, or only among a certain group of players.

Origin of house rule

1
First recorded in 1945–50

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How to use house rule in a sentence

  • It is a house rule, Mr. Fowle,” she said, “that the girls are forbidden to talk during working hours.

    The Bartlett Mystery | Louis Tracy
  • There was the plain house-rule that neither she nor Ethel were ever to leave the roads when they were out alone.

    The Devil's Garden | W. B. Maxwell