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Waterloo (iou)



Waterloo noun. E19.
[A village in Belgium near Brussels, where Napoleon was finally defeated in 1815.]
A decisive and final defeat or contest; a cause of such a defeat. Freq. in meet one's Waterloo. E19.
A bright blue tint. Also Waterloo blue. E19.
Comb.: Waterloo ball a frivolous entertainment etc. preceding a serious occurrence (with ref. to a ball given in Brussels on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo); Waterloo blue: see sense 2 above; Waterloo Cup an annual race in hare-coursing.