Loos


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loo 1

 (lo͞o)
n. pl. loos
A trick-taking card game in which each player contributes stakes to a pool and attempts to win at least one trick. A player who does not win at least one trick must add to the pool.
[Short for obsolete lanterloo, from French lanturlu, a meaningless refrain, loo.]

loo 2

 (lo͞o)
n. pl. loos Chiefly British
A toilet.
[Origin unknown.]

Loos

 (lo͞os), Anita 1889?-1981.
American writer who is best known for her many screenplays, including The Girl from Missouri (1934). She is also known for her novels, especially Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1925), which she later adapted for film.
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Loos

(German luːs)
n
(Biography) Adolf (ˈadolf). 1870–1933, Austrian architect: a pioneer of modern architecture, noted for his plain austere style in such buildings as Steiner House, Vienna (1910)
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'I am sick of my life, Loo. I, hate it altogether, and I hate everybody except you,' said the unnatural young Thomas Gradgrind in the hair-cutting chamber at twilight.
You,' said Tom; 'you are a girl, Loo, and a girl comes out of it better than a boy does.
When he says to me what I don't like, I shall say to him, "My sister Loo will be hurt and disappointed, Mr.
'Not but what I shall be very unwilling, both to leave you, Loo, and to leave you here.
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When I went to Lunnon town sirs, Too rul loo rul Too rul loo rul Wasn't I done very brown sirs?
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Amongst these are the curious legends which I collected about the chain armour that saved us from destruction in the great battle of Loo, and also about the "Silent Ones" or Colossi at the mouth of the stalactite cave.
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Loo,' but never 'Lee!' until we are reduced to the very last extremity, and are in the midst of difficulties, extrication from which appears to be all but impossible.
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Clarkson What about some of those smart loos dotted about - the silver coloured things with sliding doors?
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Tuesday's vote ends the council tenure of Navreet Kang, who came into the job four years ago along with Grant and Loos. Also ending the night without a seat was Jerrold Hennrich, chairman of the city's Human Relations Commission.
Grant, Loos and Fronabarger elected to city council
That's why they launched the Use Our Loos scheme earlier this month to help tackle the decline in public toilets across the UK, where almost a quarter of public lavs have disappeared since the turn of the century.
IT'S ALL CISTERNS GO; Local firms are signing up to the Domestos Use Our Loos scheme and opening up their toilets to the public
The Use Our Loos campaign, powered by Domestos, can help put an end to that upset just by making the best use of facilities that are already there.
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