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n. , pl. , loos . A card game in which each player contributes stakes to a pool. [Short for obsolete lanterloo , from French lanturlu , a meaningless refrain, loo ...
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However the first recorded usage of "loo" comes long after this term became obsolete. That the word comes from nautical terminology, loo being an old-fashioned word for lee.
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noun 1. a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool. 2. the forfeit or sum paid into the pool. 3. the fact of being looed. verb (used with object) 4. to ...
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The Loo is a strong, hot and dry summer afternoon wind from the west which blows over the western Indo-Gangetic Plain region of North India and Pakistan. It is ...
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loo 1 (l) n. pl. loos. A card game in which each player contributes stakes to a pool. [Short for obsolete lanterloo, from French lanturlu, a meaningless refrain, loo
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Definition of LOO. 1: an old card game in which the winner of each trick or a majority of tricks takes a portion of the pool while losing players are obligated to ...
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noun plural loos Its Chiefly British. A toilet. ... 1. loo noun plural loos Its Chiefly British. A toilet. loo time! buy loo mugs & shirts
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a former card game played for a pool made up of stakes and forfeits · to cause to pay a forfeit at loo · Brit., Slang a toilet · A toilet.
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toilet · A card game ... Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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