according to Hoyle — according to the rules, if we follow the rules According to Hoyle, it s your turn to deal the cards … English idioms
According to Hoyle — Although card playing was a favorite among the wealthy for many generations, it was not until the seventeenth century that the manufacture of inexpensive decks of cards enabled the masses to enjoy this game. Cards soon became the rage… … Dictionary of eponyms
according to Hoyle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. & adv. by the book, comme il faut, kosher. See rightness, conformity. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) Sl. according to the ultimate authority, according to the guy who wrote the rule book, an idiom… … English dictionary for students
according to hoyle — ˈhȯil, ȯi(ə)l phrasal Usage: usually capitalized H Etymology: after Edmond Hoyle †1769 Eng. writer and authority on games, whose treatises, especially on whist (1742), became famous : in agreement with standard practice or rules : in conformity … Useful english dictionary
according\ to\ Hoyle — strictly by the rules, the usual and correct way to do something According to Hoyle you are not allowed to enter this room but if nobody is here I think it will be okay … Idioms and examples
according to Hoyle — according to plan or the rules. → Hoyle … English new terms dictionary
according to Hoyle — according to the rules; by the regulation book … English contemporary dictionary
according to Hoyle — Synonyms and related words: according to regulations, according to rule, appropriate, by the book, by the numbers, condign, correct, decent, decorous, due, fit, fitting, good, kosher, nice, normal, normative, proper, right, right and proper,… … Moby Thesaurus
according to Hoyle — idi according to the rules … From formal English to slang
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Hoyle — [hoil] n. a book of rules and instructions for indoor games, esp. card games, orig. compiled by Edmond Hoyle (1672 1769), English authority on card games and chess according to Hoyle according to the rules and regulations; in the prescribed, fair … English World dictionary
