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intj
A cry used to warn passersby that a vessel of wastewater is about to be emptied into the street.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, historical
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noun
A cry of “gardyloo”.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, historical
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noun
An act of discarding waste or some other substance from a height. Also attributive and figurative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Caution, warning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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History
From French (prenez) garde à l'eau (“take heed of the water”). First attested in 1662, in the burgh records of Edinburgh.
