Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Loo"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lanterloo \Lan"ter*loo`\, n.
An old name of {loo}
(a) .
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
loo
n : a toilet in England [syn: {water closet}, {closet}, {W.C.}]
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