1940,Nancy Mitford, chapter II, inPigeon Pie, page27:
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 theloo and it is miles away down a freezing cold passage and yet you know you have to go down that passage before you can be happy and sleep again.
2006, Garth Thompsonet al.,The Guide′s Guide to Guiding, 3rd edition,page160:
Ensure that the tents are well-sited and clean,rubbish bins empty, and that theloos have toilet paper.
2009, Katharina Kane,Lonely Planet: The Gambia and Senegal,page275:
The lack of running water in rural areas often makes Western-styleloos 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).
Waterless urinals are a great way of keeping the guys out of the cubicle toilets, keeping the urine separated from the solid waste (when using compostingloos) and reducing water consumption if you have flushloos.
And my Intreagues ſo baſhfully diſown / That they may doubted be by few or none, / May kiſs the Cards atPicque,Hombre,—Lu, / And ſo be taught to kiſs the Lady too; [...]
It was a pitchy black night, as stifling as a June night can be, and theloo, the red-hot wind from the westward, was booming among the tinder-dry trees and pretending that the rain was on its heels.
2012, J. D. Robb,New York to Dallas, Penguin,→ISBN, page91:
I asked myloo to let me escort you in. I wanted a moment to thank you personally.” “There's no need.” “So you said before, but there is. And was. I'll take you in to Lieutenant Ricchio.”
1906,Tijdschrift van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Aardrijkskundig Genootschap, page41:
De hooge strooken of plekken in of bij de lagere gronden droegen natuurlijk de bosschen en dus deloo's, die zich niet daarnaast over de drassige of dikwijls onder water staande landen konden uitbreiden.
Thehigh strips or places in ornear the lower grounds naturally supported the woods and hence theloos, which could not extend beyond theswampy or oftenflooded lands.
Deze meent, datlage de beteekenis heeft van: een van houtgewas ontbloote, vrije en open vlakte, een roding, een plek, die ontstaat, wanneer eenloo wordt omgehakt.
He thinks thatlow has the meaning of: abare,free andopen plain, areding, a place that arises when aloo is cut down.
