loo

(lo̵̅o̅)

noun

a former card game played for a pool made up of stakes and forfeits

Origin: 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

noun

Brit., Slang a toilet

Origin: < Fr lieux, short for les lieux d'aisances, toilets, lit., places of conveniences

See loo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. loos

A card game in which each player contributes stakes to a pool.

Origin:

Origin: Short for obsolete lanterloo

Origin: , from French lanturlu, a meaningless refrain, loo

noun pl. loos
Chiefly British

A toilet.

Origin:

Origin: Origin unknown

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