loo
1a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
the forfeit or sum paid into the pool.
the fact of being looed.
to subject to a forfeit at loo.
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How to use loo in a sentence
That loo was incorporated into a project that also includes UC San Diego Extension space that’s set to open soon.
San Diego Still Working to Add More Downtown Restrooms | Jakob McWhinney and Lisa Halverstadt | April 4, 2022 | Voice of San DiegoThe Park Boulevard and Market Street loo incorporated into the UC San Diego downtown office and residential tower development has been locked on and off since at least Saturday.
Operators Can’t Keep East Village Restrooms Open Even as City Promises More | Lisa Halverstadt | December 17, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoThe loo was locked when Voice of San Diego visited on Monday afternoon.
Operators Can’t Keep East Village Restrooms Open Even as City Promises More | Lisa Halverstadt | December 17, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoLong, off-set two-way side zippers in the front provide the novel ability to visit the loo without removing your jacket because they have more give.
Runner-Up Review: The Shell Pants That Almost Made Our 2022 Winter Buyer’s Guide | agintzler | October 26, 2021 | Outside OnlineJokingly, all these loos that were built were called “Leena’s Loos.”
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He would laboriously make his way from desk to loo, belt down a few, then return.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhile her English classmates were learning to wash their hands, Nadia was worried that the devil was leering at her on the loo.
Want This Woman to Lie About Herself? You Can Just Burq Off! | Moral Courage | March 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Several of them have said that they are drinking less than before, which is kind of logical,” Van loo says.
Why Everyone Should Copy Amsterdam’s Beer-for-Work Scheme | Nadette De Visser | January 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJanneke van loo, the regional manager for Rainbow, runs a park-cleaning group in East Amsterdam.
Why Everyone Should Copy Amsterdam’s Beer-for-Work Scheme | Nadette De Visser | January 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI was wearing a rather huge, billowy Maxi skirt and I must have lost track of exactly where it all was while on loo.
Penis Beakers and Constipated Dolls: What Mothers REALLY Want To Know | Tom Sykes | October 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe third game, or lanterloo, is evidently the original form of the game now known as loo.
The partition planned at loo was the partition of an ill governed empire which was not a nation.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayThe partition planned at loo was therefore the very opposite of the partition of Poland.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayFull powers must be sent to loo, sealed, but with blanks left for the names of the plenipotentiaries.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayIt had been necessary to trust so many deputies and magistrates that rumours of what had been passing at loo got abroad.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay
British Dictionary definitions for loo (1 of 3)
/ (luː) /
Origin of loo
1British Dictionary definitions for loo (2 of 3)
/ (luː) /
a gambling card game
a stake used in this game
Origin of loo
2British Dictionary definitions for loo (3 of 3)
/ (luː) /
a variant spelling of lou
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