This isn't a country where things are cut and dried, and done according to Hoyle.
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According to hoyle
Synonyms for "according to hoyle" (24 found)
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When you're lost in the Wild, and you're scared as a child, / And Death looks you bang in the eye, / And you're sore as a boil, it's according to Hoyle / To cock your revolver and . . . die.
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The opening round of the Presidents' Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament went according to Hoyle.
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To be perfectly honest, I wasn't sure he was playing strictly according to Hoyle, but we'll leave it, since the poor chap's missing.
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