full house

noun

Poker.

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

full house

noun

1. poker a hand with three cards of the same value and another pair

2. a theatre, etc, filled to capacity

3. (in bingo, etc) the set of numbers needed to win

Word History and Origins

Origin of full house¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

How can she communicate her truth to a full house while still embodying the character they’ve come to the theater expecting to see?

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Both Compass and Zillow executives have testified at the hearing, which drew a full house on Tuesday to a courtroom in U.S.

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“I learned a thing or two about bluffing, believe you me. Edward Ashton’s got a full house, perhaps—we’ll call it a house full of Ashtons! But you’ve got four of a kind.”

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"It's at the so-called home of rugby, with a full house and an expectant English team," he tells the Rugby Union Weekly podcast from the All Blacks' team hotel.

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The wild-card series is a joker compared to the waiting full house.

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