lou
Example Sentences
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Sophisticated savers are turning instead to Treasury bills that pay nearly 7%; commercial paper, a form of corporate lou, that yields 7.5%; and commercial-bank certificates of deposit, that pay almost 8%.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the Vie de S. Hildefons by Gauthier de Coinsi,-- Cil lon desve, cil lou garol, Ce sunt deable, que saul Ne puent estre de nos mordre.
From The Book of Were-Wolves by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
Skip to My Lou, ii: A rhythmical, rimeless chant made up of the dance "calls," beginning: Steal your partner, skip to my lou, Skip to my lou, my darling.
From A Syllabus of Kentucky Folk-Songs by Josiah Henry Combs
These tower-like buildings are called lou by the Chinese.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Henry Yule
Here, for instance, in at least five languages, is a twelfth century cure for gout: Meu, treu, mor, phor, Teux, za, zor, Phe, lou, chri Ge, ze, on.
From Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 by Anonymous
