LANTERLOO

Lanterloo

Lanterloo or Loo is a 17th-century trick taking game of the Trump family of which many varieties are recorded. It belongs to a line of card games whose members include Nap, Euchre, Rams, Mao, Hombre, and Spoil Five. It is considered a modification of the game of "All Fours", another English game possibly of Dutch origin, in which the players replenish their hands after each round by drawing each fresh new card from the pack.

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lanterloo

Noun

  1. A meaningless chant or refrain.
    • 1963: The helmsman began to sing a monotonous, Levantine lanterloo. — Thomas Pynchon, V.
  2. 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.


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