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Hoyle2|hɔɪl|
The name of Edmond Hoyle (1672–1769), author of several works on card-games (the earliest, on whist, dated 1742): often cited typically for an authority on card-playing. Phr. according to Hoyle, according to the highest authority, in accordance with strict rules.
1906‘O. Henry’ Four Million (1916) 14 The financial loss of a dollar sixty-five, all so far fulfilled according to Hoyle. 1945A. A. Ostrow Compl. Card Player p. vii, It has been the custom to call books of rules on card and board games ‘Hoyles’, so that ‘according to Hoyle’ has come to mean ‘according to accepted rules’. 1962R. Barker Clue for Murder v. 38 This one [sc. murder]'s right out of the book—strictly according to Hoyle. 1965J. M. Cain Magician's Wife (1966) xix. 147, I want our marriage to be strictly on the beam—the way it is in the books, absolutely according to Hoyle. 1971Melody Maker 21 Aug. 34/7 If everything goes according to Hoyle, I'll go into semi-retirement there. |