lanterloo

Meanings

nounlanterloo (countable and uncountable, plural lanterloos)

countableA meaningless chant or refrain.
The helmsman began to sing a monotonous, Levantine lanterloo.
1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.
uncountablecard gamesA trick-taking card game popular in 17th-century England, where each player is dealt three or five cards.
Synonyms: loo

nounA trick-taking card game popular in 17th-century England, where each player is dealt three or five cards.

Similar

From French lanturlu, originally the refrain of a 16th-century song.

More words from French

Chinese Mandarin 盧牌戲 /卢牌戏

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