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plural full houses
(poker) A hand that consists of three of a kind and a pair. quotations examples
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
(rugby union) A single player scoring a try, conversion, penalty goal and drop goal in the same match examples
A situation in which a place is filled with people to its maximum capacity. examples
not comparable
(firearms) Having ammunition loaded to full allowable power, usually in reference to magnum handgun cartridges and shotgun shells. quotations examples
An occasional pig, and not so occasional ram, would quiver and then settle back down without toppling, even when hit dead center with a full-house load with a 158-gr. jacketed .357 Magnum bullet.
American Handgunner, Heavyweight Bullets In The .357 Magnum