Meaning & use
full house
A poker hand with three cards of one rank and two of another, or an audience filling every seat.
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She won the hand with a full house of three kings and two aces.
The comedian performed to a full house on the final night of the tour.
A note on using this word
The poker meaning and the packed-audience meaning are unrelated but both very common.
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