full of
English
Prepositional phrase
- (poker) Used to designate a type of full house; the three of a kind is "full of" the pair.
- queens full of nines (three queens and two nines)
- The strongest possible full house is aces full of kings (three aces and two kings).
- 2006 November 14, Casino Royale, spoken by Dealer (Andreas Daniel):
- Full house. Eights full of aces. A higher full house. Aces full of sixes.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see full, of.
- 2025 July 23, Lisa Donovan, “This Free-Form Pie Is Full of Treasures”, in The New York Times Magazine[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 July 2025:
- Hill, an author, historian, venerable cook and teacher, ushered us into a kitchen full of herbs, baskets of fruit and the source of that intoxicating scent.