loo¹ Definition
loo (lo̵̅o̅)
noun
a former card game played for a pool made up of stakes and forfeits
Etymology: contr. < lanterloo < Fr lanturelu, name of the game, orig. fanciful word in refrain of a 17th-c. song
transitive verb
to cause to pay a forfeit at loo
loo² Definition
loo (lo̵̅o̅)
noun
Brit., Slang a toilet
Etymology: < Fr lieux, short for les lieux d'aisances, toilets, lit., places of conveniences
loo Usage Examples
Possessives
- lady: Like any party, the place to be is the ladies ' loo.
- girl: Set in the girl's loo in a Welsh club on a typical Friday night.
Converse of object
- flush: Examples might be flushing the loo, or dropping some heavy object on the floor.
- clean: I can even remember one year cleaning the loos.
Adjective modifier
- flush: We had hot water and working flush loos for the first time in a week!
- portable: This was one where a portable loo was placed above the trap door below.
- outside: They dug a bit further to the outside loo & an old man was in the toilet laughing his head off.
- disabled: The temporary disabled loos erected on the field were also much appreciated.
- clean: Big Brother's Alex Sibley checks out the cleanest loos on the motorway at Moto.
- accessible: News Join the Changing Places Consortium in campaigning for fully accessible loos in public places across the UK.
Modifies a noun
- roll: Top tip re: empty loo roll stuffed with hay - my 2 bunnies have had great fun!
- seat: I would lick the loo seat in order to stay!
- tube: Now you need to connect the loo roll tube to the top of the bigger box.
- holder: Unusual small table top size, ideal for a loo roll holder in the bathroom.
- paper: Pity people can't consider burning their loo paper.
- etc: They came in very useful for picnic stops, photography points, loo stops etc!
Noun used with modifier
- gents: I squeezed in the odd overnighter, and the gents loos at school were turned into a rod store and changing room!
- downstairs: He's got a downstairs loo, confined, small space.
- compost: An oil drum dug into the ground is my long drop compost loo.
- lady: Open the door of the ladies loo for a confused girl.
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