gardyloo interjection & noun. [gɑ:dɪ'lu:] L18.
[App. from gare de l'eau, pseudo-Fr. for gare l'eau beware of the water. Cf. GARE verb.]
Hist. Beware of the water: a warning formerly shouted in Edinburgh before dirty water or slops were thrown from a window into the street; the act of throwing out such water or slops.

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