full house
Americannoun
noun
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poker a hand with three cards of the same value and another pair
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a theatre, etc, filled to capacity
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(in bingo, etc) the set of numbers needed to win
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of full house
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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If Sinner does lift the Coupe des Mousquetaires on 7 June, it will leave him only an Olympics gold medal away from completing the full house of the sport's biggest individual prizes.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
Instead, France's dreams of a full house were punctured by an extraordinary 50-40 defeat in Scotland last weekend.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
How can she communicate her truth to a full house while still embodying the character they’ve come to the theater expecting to see?
From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2025
A full house of 32,000 at Gaddafi Stadium cheered the home boy Azam when he cracked three successive boundaries off Ottneil Baartman to reach 37th half century -- his first after 13 T20I innings.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2025
Boghetti had promised a full house, but in fact, as Marian could see, the hall was no more than a third full.
From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman
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