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loo

1  [loo] noun, plural loos, verb, looed, loo⋅ing.
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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 subject to a forfeit at loo.
Origin:
1665–75; short for lanterloo < D lanterlu < F lantur(e)lu, special use of meaningless refrain of an old song

loo

3  [loo]
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object), noun, plural loos. Chiefly Northern U.S.
low 2 .

loo

4  [loo] noun, plural loos, verb (used with object), verb (used without object), looed, loo⋅ing. Scot.
love.
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loo

  1. n.
    toilet. (Originally and primarily British.) : I gotta use the loo. Be with you in a minute.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

loo  (1)
"lavatory," 1940, but perhaps 1922, probably from Fr. lieux d'aisances, "lavatory," lit. "place of ease," picked up by British servicemen in France during World War I. Or possibly a pun on Waterloo, based on water closet.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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