Definitions for loolu

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

loolu(n.)(pl.)loos

  1. (n.)a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.

    Category: Games

  2. the forfeit or sum paid into the pool.

    Category: Games

  3. (v.t.)to subject to a forfeit at loo.

    Category: Games

Origin of loo:

1665–75; short for lanterloo < D lanterlu < F lantur(e)lu orig., the refrain of a song

loo*lu(n.)(pl.)loos.

  1. Category: British

    Ref: toilet (defs. 1, 2). 1 2

* Brit..

Origin of loo:

1935–40; of uncert. orig.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. water closet, closet, W.C., loo(noun)

    a toilet in Britain

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. loo(noun)lu

    toilet or bathroom

Webster Dictionary

  1. Loo(noun)

    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

  2. Loo(noun)

    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

  3. Loo(verb)

    to beat in the game of loo by winning every trick


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