gardyloo
[gahr-dee-loo]
- (a cry formerly used in Scotland to warn pedestrians when slops were about to be thrown from an upstairs window.)
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Origin of gardyloo
1760–70; Anglicized form of French gare (de) l'eau beware of the water
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