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gardyloo

[ gahr-dee-loo ]

interjection

  1. (a cry formerly used in Scotland to warn pedestrians when slops were about to be thrown from an upstairs window.)


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of gardyloo1

1760–70; Anglicized form of French gare ( de ) l'eau beware of the water
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Example Sentences

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In 1976, Ferguson's built one such vessel for Lothian Regional Council named Gardyloo - after the traditional warning cry given by the Edinburgh residents before they emptied their chamber pots out of tenement windows.

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Gardyloo soon became an unlikely visitor attraction.

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By the time an EU directive abruptly ended sewage dumping at sea in 1998, Gardyloo had carried more than 6,000 passengers.

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The Gardyloo boat was previously used to transport and release treated sewage into the Forth but that ended in 1998.

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He opens his mouth to shut Logan up, when Logan suddenly hollers, “Gardyloo!†and slings the contents of the wastebasket across the front of the room.

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