英语词汇“limited loo”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. A round card game played by a varying number of players. The cards in three-card loo have the same value as in whist; in five-card loo the Jack of Clubs (‘Pam’) is the highest card. A player who fails to take a trick or breaks any of the laws of the game is ‘looed’, i.e. required to pay a certain sum, or ‘loo’, to the pool. limited loo, unlimited loo: see quots. 1830, 1883.

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1675 W. Wycherley Country-wife Epil. 103 They..May kiss the Cards at Picquet, Hombre,—Lu, And so be thought to kiss the Lady too.

1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) iii. 22 Ev'n mighty Pam that Kings and Queens o'erthrew, And mow'd down Armies in the Fights of Lu.

1731 J. Swift To Dr. Helsham 16 Yet, ladies are seldom at ombre or lue sick.

1781 G. Colman in R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal (new ed.) Epil. And at back-gammon mortify my soul, That pants for Lu, or flutters at a Vole.

1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice I. viii. 80 On entering the drawing-room, she found the whole party at loo .

1823 R. Southey in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1849) I. 89 In the evening my aunt and I generally played at five-card loo with him.

1830 R. Hardie Hoyle made Familiar 70 At Limited Loo those who play and do not get a trick pay into the pool only the price of the deal, while at Unlimited Loo they pay the whole amount that happens to be in the pool at the time.

a1845 R. H. Barham Lord of Thoulouse in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 192 I should like to see you Try to sauter le coup With this chap at short whist, or unlimited loo.

1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. i. 5 They..played billiards until the gates closed, and then were ready for..unlimited loo..in their own rooms.

1883 H. Jones in Encycl. Brit. XV. 1/2 At unlimited loo each player looed has to put in the amount there was in the pool. But it is generally agreed to limit the loo, so that it shall not exceed a certain fixed sum.

1885 B. L. Farjeon Sacred Nugget xv The game being loo, six shillings ‘tit-up’, limited to two guineas.

单词	limited loo
释义	> as lemmas limited loo a. A round card game played by a varying number of players. The cards in three-card loo have the same value as in whist; in five-card loo the Jack of Clubs (‘Pam’) is the highest card. A player who fails to take a trick or breaks any of the laws of the game is ‘looed’, i.e. required to pay a certain sum, or ‘loo’, to the pool. limited loo, unlimited loo: see quots. 1830, 1883. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > loo lanterloo1668 loo1675 lant1706 langtra1796 shoemaker-loo1813 1675 W. Wycherley Country-wife Epil. 103 They..May kiss the Cards at Picquet, Hombre,—Lu, And so be thought to kiss the Lady too. 1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) iii. 22 Ev'n mighty Pam that Kings and Queens o'erthrew, And mow'd down Armies in the Fights of Lu. 1731 J. Swift To Dr. Helsham 16 Yet, ladies are seldom at ombre or lue sick. 1781 G. Colman in R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal (new ed.) Epil. And at back-gammon mortify my soul, That pants for Lu, or flutters at a Vole. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice I. viii. 80 On entering the drawing-room, she found the whole party at loo . View more context for this quotation 1823 R. Southey in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1849) I. 89 In the evening my aunt and I generally played at five-card loo with him. 1830 R. Hardie Hoyle made Familiar 70 At Limited Loo those who play and do not get a trick pay into the pool only the price of the deal, while at Unlimited Loo they pay the whole amount that happens to be in the pool at the time. a1845 R. H. Barham Lord of Thoulouse in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 192 I should like to see you Try to sauter le coup With this chap at short whist, or unlimited loo. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. i. 5 They..played billiards until the gates closed, and then were ready for..unlimited loo..in their own rooms. 1883 H. Jones in Encycl. Brit. XV. 1/2 At unlimited loo each player looed has to put in the amount there was in the pool. But it is generally agreed to limit the loo, so that it shall not exceed a certain fixed sum. 1885 B. L. Farjeon Sacred Nugget xv The game being loo, six shillings ‘tit-up’, limited to two guineas. extracted from loon.¹ < as lemmas
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