gardyloo
Americaninterjection
Etymology
Origin of gardyloo
1760–70; Anglicized form of French gare ( de ) l'eau beware of the water
Example Sentences
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Mothers stand at doors and yell gardyloo when they empty their slop buckets.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
French allies brought some words into Scotland that have rooted themselves, like the Edinburgh gardyloo.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 by Various
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