loos

Noun (1)

loo (plural loos)

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
   • I suppose it is unreal because we have been expecting it [sc. World War II] for so long now, and have known that it must be got over before we can go on with our lives. Like in the night when you want to go to the loo and it is miles away down a freezing cold passage and yet you know you have to go...1940, Nancy Mitford, chapter II, in Pigeon Pie, page 27

   Synonyms:

   bathroom

2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation.
   • The lack of running water in rural areas often makes Western-style loos hygienic disasters. Suddenly the noncontact squat toilet doesn′t look like such a bad option any more (as long as you roll up your trouser legs).2009, Katharina Kane, Lonely Planet: The Gambia and Senegal, page 275

   Synonyms:

   toilet

Noun (2)

loo (uncountable)

1. The penalty paid to the pool in lanterloo for breaking certain rules or failing to take a trick.
2. An act that prompts such a penalty.
3. A game of lanterloo.
4. (figuratively) Any group of people.

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