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 a chirping tone, which chilled her very soul, the voice sang: "Pour la peche d'Islande, mon mari vient de partir, Il m'a laissee sans le sou, Mais—trala, trala la lou!"
From An Iceland Fisherman by Cambon, M. Jules
For example, that familiar animal the cat is called in Guyenne lou catou and even lou cat; but the word belongs to the Romance language, and is the same all through Languedoc and Provence.
From Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine by Barker, Edward Harrison
Oh! que nàni; de laire, Vesin, vesino o barrulaire, T'an vist cava lou pous.
From Social Life in the Insect World by Miall, Bernard
"Ero un tantost d'aquel estiéu Que ni vihave ni dourmiéu: Fasiéu miejour, tau que me plaise, Lou cahessòu Toucant lou sòn A l'aise."
From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Downer, Charles Alfred
