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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. An old game played with five, or three, cards dealt to each player from a full pack. When five cards are used the highest card is the knave of clubs or (if so agreed upon) the knave of trumps; -- formerly called lanterloo.

2. A modification of the game of "all fours" in which the players replenish their hands after each round by drawing each a card from the pack.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To beat in the game of loo by winning every trick. [Written also lu.] Goldsmith.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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