单词 | lanterloo |
释义 | lanterloon.ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > loo lanterloo1668 loo1675 lant1706 langtra1796 shoemaker-loo1813 1668 G. Etherege She wou'd if she Cou'd v. i. 73 They are..playing at Lantre-lou, with my old Lady Love-youth and her Daughters. 1679 T. Shadwell True Widow iv. 49 Let's send for some Cards, and play at Lang-trilloo in the Box. 1685 J. Crowne Sir Courtly Nice iii. 22 Thou art..the very Pam at Lantereloo, the Knave that picks up all. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 245. ⁋2 An old Ninepence bent both Ways by Lilly, the Almanack-maker for Luck at Langteraloo. 1711 J. Puckle Club §123. 23 Guess then the numbers of frauds there are at..Lantreloo. 2. Used as a meaningless refrain (cf. etymology). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > refrain > meaningless rumbelowc1400 lanterloo1951 1951 W. H. Auden & C. Kallman Rake's Progress i. 17 The sun is bright, the grass is green: Lanterloo, lanterloo. The King is courting his young Queen. Lanterloo, my lady. 1951 W. H. Auden Nones (1952) 54 Turning his barrel-organ, playing Lanterloo, my lovely, my First-of-May. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1668 |
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