lanterloo

Etymology

French lanturlu, originally the refrain of a 16th-century song.

noun

  1. (countable) A meaningless chant or refrain.
    The helmsman began to sing a monotonous, Levantine lanterloo. 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.
  2. (uncountable, card games) A trick-taking card game popular in 17th-century England, where each player is dealt three or five cards.

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