Meaning of Lulu | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A female given name from Chinese.
2. A unisex given name from Arabic.
3. A fixed allowance paid to a legislator in lieu of reimbursement for actual expenses.
   slang
4. A remarkable person, object, or idea.
   slang
5. Locally unwanted land use.
6. A female given name.
7. A diminutive of the female given names Louisa, Louise, Lucy, or Lucille.
8. A female given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Pearl.
9. A very attractive or alluring person.
   slang
10. A very bad mistake or error.
    slang

Equivalents

Examples

“The funny part was, though, we were the worst skaters on the whole goddam^([sic]) rink. I mean the worst. And there were some lulus, too.”

“Mon-sewer, you are a lulu!”

“Seriously, I mean it: From Russia, With Love is a real wowser, a lulu, a dilly and a smasheroo.”

“The job: a real lulu. The heiress to a cheese fortune has run off with a clarinet player in a swing band, and Hicks is dispatched to bring her home.”

“"Do excuse me, and forgive my inquisitiveness. I was struck with the name Lulu." "You think it a baby name," she said, laughing. "O, no; it is wonderfully sweet to me! and may I sometimes call you so?"”

“There emerged from the fringe of things, where she perpetually hovered, Mrs. Deacon's older sister, Lulu Bett, who was "making her home with us." And that was precisely the case. They were not making her a home, goodness knows. Lulu was the family beast of burden.”

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