Read full poem →Even mighty Pam, that Kings and Queens o'erthrew
And mow'd down armies in the fights of Loo,
Sad chance of war! now destitute of aid,
Dictionary Entry
(used with at, upon or infinitive) To urge on with cries of loo or by other shouting or outcry.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. looml loochoo loomuch looloo vanloo deloo het
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Poetry examples for “loo”
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Read full poem →Gentle as evening, cool as night :
■Tis true ; bul all loo weakly said :
'Twas more significant, she's dead.
Read full poem →* Ingenuous Reader,'] In Coles's Diet. l677» it is remarked, * Ingenuous and ingenious ara
loo often confounded.*
Read full poem →however, availed nothing; the minister had resolved,
and the parliament was loo compliant to slight a bill,
which came recommended from so powerful a quarter.
Read full poem →First, let me suppose, what may shortly be true,
The company set, and the word to be--loo;
All smirking, and pleasant, and big with adventure,
Read full poem →exieiit tO'the other tWo, it being ,230 miles iq,.
kngdi, Uni aboiit lOo in breach. The tiir'^
botecoUe^led here by the Viceroy is even much ^
Read full poem →extraordinary of all extraordinary propositions, which is, to take your
and your sister’s advice in playing at loo. The presumption of the offer
raises my indignation beyond the bounds of prose; it inspires me at once