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Lanterloo \Lan"ter*loo`\, n. An old name of loo
   (a) . [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

Loo \Loo\ (l[=oo]), n. [For older lanterloo, F. lanturelu, lanturlu, name of the game; orig., the refrain of a vaudeville.]


   (a) An old game played with five, or three, cards dealt to each player from a full pack. When five cards are used the highest card is the knave of clubs or (if so agreed upon) the knave of trumps; -- formerly called lanterloo.
   (b) A modification of the game of "all fours" in which the players replenish their hands after each round by drawing each a card from the pack. [1913 Webster]

Loo table, a round table adapted for a circle of persons playing loo. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

Loo \Loo\ (l[=oo]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Looed (l[=oo]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Looing.]

To beat in the game of loo by winning every trick. [Written also lu.]

--Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

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loo

noun

a toilet in England [syn: water closet, closet, W.C.]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

Lanterloo \Lan"ter*loo`\, n. An old name of loo
   (a) .

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Loo \Loo\, n. [For older lanterloo, F. lanturelu, lanturlu, name of the game; orig., the refrain of a vaudeville.]


   (a) An old game played with five, or three, cards dealt to each player from a full pack. When five cards are used the highest card is the knave of clubs or (if so agreed upon) the knave of trumps; -- formerly called lanterloo.
   (b) A modification of the game of ``all fours'' in which the players replenish their hands after each round by drawing each a card from the pack.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Loo \Loo\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Looed; p. pr. & vb. n. Looing.]

To beat in the game of loo by winning every trick. [Written also lu.]

--Goldsmith.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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