Lanterloo

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This word is acceptable for play in the UK dictionary that is being used in the following games:

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  • n. A meaningless chant or refrain.
  • n. An old trick-taking card game (also known as loo), where each player is dealt three or five cards. It gained much popularity in England in the 17th century, as a gambling game or a domestic pastime.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An old name of loo (a).
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A game of cards, now commonly called loo, sometimes lant. See loo.
  • Word Usage
    "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."
    Variant
    loo