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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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