lanterloo

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læntəˈluː/

Noun

lanterloo (countable and uncountable, plural lanterloos)

1. (countable) A meaningless chant or refrain.
   • 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.:

     The helmsman began to sing a monotonous, Levantine lanterloo.

2. (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

Derived terms

• loo

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 盧牌戲／卢牌戏 (lúpáixì)