GARDYLOO


Meaning of GARDYLOO in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌgär-dē-ˈlü ]

interjection

Etymology: perhaps from French garde à l'eau! look out for the water!

Date: 1622

— used in Edinburgh as a warning cry when it was customary to throw slops from the windows into the streets

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