Hoyle

[hoil]

noun

Edmond,1672–1769, English authority and writer on card games.

Sir Fred,1915–2001, British astronomer, mathematician, and educator.

Idioms

according to Hoyle, according to the rules or to the authority; correctly.

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Contemporary Examples of hoyle

Ironically, in this dispute, the atheist Hoyle was on the side of the pope in seeing a linkage between the Big Bang and God.
Evangelicals Still Don’t Know What to Do With the Big Bang
Karl W. Giberson
March 23, 2014
Hoyle is at work on a new book about counterinsurgency and the U.S. military.
Obama's Afghanistan Surprise
Russ Hoyle
November 19, 2008

Historical Examples of hoyle

That afternoon, her aunt Margarine, Mrs. Hoyle, came to call.
The Talking Horse
F. Anstey
Clearly a case of adding Hoyle to the flames of controversy.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, August 3, 1895
Various
No; at least I devoted myself to other games, and my Hoyle was forgotten.
Dust
Julian Hawthorne
He dealt the cards in his turn, correctly, and played according to Hoyle.
Insomnia; and Other Disorders of Sleep
Henry M. Lyman
Both had then for some time been members of the Royal Society, and both were friends of Hoyle.
Locke
Thomas Fowler

British Dictionary definitions for hoyle

Hoyle

noun

an authoritative book of rules for card games

Word Origin for Hoyle

after Edmond Hoyle (1672–1769), English authority on games, its compiler

Hoyle

noun

Sir Fred. 1915–2001, English astronomer and writer: his books include The Nature of the Universe (1950) and Frontiers of Astronomy (1955), and science-fiction writings

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Word Origin and History for hoyle

Hoyle

cited as a typical authority on card or board games, in reference to Edmond Hoyle (1672-1769), author of several works on card-playing. The surname, according to Bardsley, represents a Northern English dialectal pronunciation of hole. "In Yorks and Lancashire hole is still dialectically hoyle. Any one who lived in a round hollow or pit would be Thomas or Ralph in the Hoyle." ["Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames," London, 1901]

Idioms and Phrases with hoyle

Hoyle

see according to Hoyle.