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gardyloo definition

gar·dy·loo (gär′dē lo̵̅o̅′)

interjection

Historical in Edinburgh, used as a warning to people below that slops were about to be thrown from a window into the street

Etymology: < Fr garde à l'eau, beware (of) the water

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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