full house

noun, Poker.

a hand consisting of three of a kind and a pair, as three queens and two tens.

Also called full hand.

Origin

1885-90

Examples from the web for full house

There were a number of small children, and they always had a full house.
The intuitive play would be to discard the jack of clubs and go for the full house.
There was a full house again, which was good, and the evening was a success.
They were the consecrated monsters whose names drew a full house, no matter how flimsy the play or how paltry the production.
Grantees can choose to do emergency repair programs, spot rehabilitation or full house rehabilitation.
After a bill is heard by a committee, the committee will report its recommendation to the full house.
For many years, a full house has meant that the theater company orders pizza for everyone.

British Dictionary definitions for full house

noun

(poker) a hand with three cards of the same value and another pair

a theatre, etc, filled to capacity

(in bingo, etc) the set of numbers needed to win