looby

• A ring is formed, when all join hands and dance round singing Here we go looby-looby Here we go looby light Here we go looby-looby Every Saturday night Why on Saturday nights only I don't know, and it would be futile, I suppose, to inquire. —  Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk
• For the first two lines of the chorus Here we dance, looby, looby, looby Here we dance, looby, looby, light the players sway from one foot to the other, throwing the free foot across the other in sort of a balance movement in rhythm to the music. —  Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium
• "And is the looby with his regiment or staying here?" —  Janice Meredith
• "'Name of the Lord!' cried the constable, jumping behind the hawthorn stump; 'don't point it at me, you looby! —  Erema — My Father's Sin
• -- I must leave you -- I own I am somewhat flurried -- and that confounded looby has perceived it. —  The Rivals A Comedy

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