lanterloo
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English
Etymology
From French lanturlu, originally the refrain of a 16th-century song.
Pronunciation
Noun
lanterloo (countable and uncountable, plural lanterloos)
- (countable) A meaningless chant or refrain.
- 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.:
- The helmsman began to sing a monotonous, Levantine lanterloo.
- (uncountable, card games) A trick-taking card game popular in 17th-century England, where each player is dealt three or five cards.
Synonyms
- (card game): loo
