full house

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noun Poker.

a hand consisting of three of a kind and a pair, as three queens and two tens.

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Also called full hand.

Origin of full house

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby full house

full dress, full employment, full faith and credit, full forward, full gainer, full house, full linear group, full marks, full monty, full moon, full nelson
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Words related to full house

capacity, fill, max

British Dictionary definitions for full house

full house

noun

poker a hand with three cards of the same value and another pair
a theatre, etc, filled to capacity
(in bingo, etc) the set of numbers needed to win
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