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noun

a person or thing that is very well known

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How to use household name in a sentence

Malcolm Tucker, a foul-mouthed political advisor, was the role that turned Capaldi into a household name in Britain.
Doctor Who: It’s Time For a Black, Asian, or Woman Doctor|Nico Hines|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Kallai is not quite a household name, but he is well-known among trendy Tel Avivians and gays.
Trans in the Holy Land: ‘Marzipan Flowers,’ Tal Kallai, and the Shattering of Israel’s LGBT Taboos|Itay Hod|November 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I may be jumping the gun a little bit for this Halloween,” Stinnett conceded, considering Paul is not yet quite a household name.
Inside the World of Rand Paul Swag|Olivia Nuzzi|August 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Monica Lewinsky became a household name in 1998, well over a decade before the first SlutWalks began.
Stop Slut-Shaming Monica Lewinsky!|Emily Shire|May 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

How her pricey taste—and circumstances—have kept her from becoming a household name.
Why You’ve Never Heard of the World’s Best-Dressed Royal|Keli Goff|April 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Dolly's little girl was called Annette Dorothea; but her household name was Annie.
A Little Girl of Long Ago|Amanda Millie Douglas
The soft household name sounded yet softer in the Andalusian accents.
From the Car Behind|Eleanor M. Ingram
Willie Bailie was a household name about a hundred years ago, in the upper parts of Clydesdale.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. II, No. X., March 1851|Various
A letter that neither reproached nor questioned, its message was given with all tenderness of phrase and household name.
The Game and the Candle|Eleanor M. Ingram
To everybody who knows English literature Brantwood is a household name.
Literary Celebrities of the English Lake-District|Frederick Sessions

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