Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A game of cards, now commonly called
loo , sometimeslant . Seeloo .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An old name of
loo (a).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A meaningless
chant orrefrain . - noun card games An old
trick -taking card game (also known asloo ), where each player is dealt three or five cards. It gained much popularity in England in the 17th century, as agambling game or a domesticpastime .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Oudart was toping in his office; the gentlemen were playing at tennis; the Lord Basche at in-and-out with my lady; the waiting-men and gentle-women at push-pin; the officers at lanterloo, and the pages at hot-cockles, giving one another smart bangs.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Oudart was toping in his office; the gentlemen were playing at tennis; the Lord Basche at in-and-out with my lady; the waiting-men and gentle-women at push-pin; the officers at lanterloo, and the pages at hot-cockles, giving one another smart bangs.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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The third game, or _lanterloo_, is evidently the original form of the game now known as _loo_.
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Loire was kneading his dough; his wife was sifting meal; Oudart was toping in his office; the gentlemen were playing at tennis; the Lord Basche at in-and-out with my lady; the waiting-men and gentle-women at push-pin; the officers at lanterloo, and the pages at hot-cockles, giving one another smart bangs.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
ruzuzu commented on the word lanterloo
From the examples: “Loire was kneading his dough; his wife was sifting meal; Oudart was toping in his office; the gentlemen were playing at tennis; the Lord Basche at in-and-out with my lady; the waiting-men and gentle-women at push-pin; the officers at lanterloo, and the pages at hot-cockles, giving one another smart bangs.” --Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4
September 15, 2011
hernesheir commented on the word lanterloo
My eye caught at the game push-pin in the examples.
September 15, 2011