Loo
[lu:]
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(v. t.) To beat in the game of loo by winning every trick.
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Definition
n. a game at cards.—v.t. to beat in the game of loo:—pr.p. lōō′ing; pa.p. lōōed.—n. Loo′-tā′ble a table for loo.
Editor: Noreen
Examples
- What are you about, Loo? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Are you there, Loo? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Good-bye, Loo. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Has father said anything particular to you to-day or yesterday, Loo? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- You know our governor, Mr. Harthouse,' said Tom, 'and therefore, you needn't be surprised that Loo married old Bounderby. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- You will never care any more about my one-eyed giant, Loo, said Fred at the end. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Loo, loo, loo; Loo, loo, loo! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It would do me a great deal of good if you were to make up your mind to I know what, Loo. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Come along, Loo! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Besides, though Loo is a girl, she's not a common sort of girl. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The French made costly but glorious thrusts at Arras and in Champagne in 1915, the British at Loos. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Steven