full houses

Noun

full house (plural full houses)

1. A hand that consists of three of a kind and a pair.
   • This loss of interest, hair, and enterprise — / Ah, if the game were poker, yes, / You might discard them, draw a full house! / But it's chess.1954, Philip Larkin, Continuing to Live
2. (rugby union) A single player scoring a try, conversion, penalty goal and drop goal in the same match
3. A situation in which a place is filled with people to its maximum capacity.
   • But the picture was different elsewhere - Theatre Royal Windsor recorded full houses, although the managing director stated that the actors had trouble getting to and from the theatre.2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 31
4. (broadly) (theater) An event for which every seat is sold out, completely filled with an audience for a play, concert, or movie, creating a successful, packed venue.

   Synonyms:

   packed house

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