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WofW: GARDYLOO
gardyloo
interjection
the old warning cry in Edinburgh and other cities before throwing slops out of the window into the street
noun
the slops so thrown, or the act of throwing
- This is apparently from the would-be French gare de l’eau for gare l’eau, meaning ‘beware of the water’, a euphemism for the contents of the chamber pots in question.
(from Foyle’s Further Philavery)
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