Definition of "full house" []

• A poker hand containing three of a kind and a pair, ranked above a flush and below four of a kind. (noun)

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• "I had personally asked a fair number of Ivan's friends and business people to turn up at Park Crescent even if they couldn't face the crematorium but, in the event, the old boy drew a full house at Cockfosters, an eloquent and moving tribute to a good man."