Loos

[loos] Origin

Loos

[loos]
noun
1.
A·dolf [ey-dolf; Ger. ah-dawlf] , 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
2.
Anita, 1893–1981, U.S. writer.
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loo

1[loo] noun, plural loos, verb, looed, loo·ing.
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 < Dutch lanterlu < French lantur(e)lu, special use of meaningless refrain of an old song

loo

2[loo]
noun, plural loos. British Informal.

Origin:
1935–40; of uncertain origin

loo

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

4[loo] noun, plural loos, verb (used with object), verb (used without object), looed, loo·ing. Scot.
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Loos (German luːs)
 
n
Adolf (ˈadolf). 1870--1933, Austrian architect: a pioneer of modern architecture, noted for his plain austere style in such buildings as Steiner House, Vienna (1910)

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loo
"type of card game," 1675, short for lanterloo, from Fr. lanturelau, originally the refrain of a song.
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loo definition


  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.
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