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lanterloo

noun
USlan-tur-LOO/ˌlæntɚˈlu/UKlan-tuh-LOO/læntəˈluː/

Plurallanterloos (some meanings)

2 meanings of lanterloo

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  1. 1
    noununcountable
    An old card game, liked in England in the 1600s, where each player gets three or five cards.

    At the history fair, we learned to play lanterloo with a pack of old cards.

    In lanterloo, each player has only a few cards to play.

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  2. 2
    nouncountable
    A song line or chant made of words that mean nothing.

    Her big sister sang a silly lanterloo to make the baby laugh.

    The workers hummed a lanterloo as they pulled on the ropes.

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Origin

From the French word lanturlu, first the chorus of an old song.